Title: Technological collaborations model in Iranian automotive industry: developing an open source hardware platform

Authors: Massoud Shabaab; Mohammadali Keramati; Abbas Toloie Eshlaghy

Addresses: Department of Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran ' Faculty of Management and Economy, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract: The present research seeks to answer the question of what are the variables and parameters to create a technological collaborations model in order to develop an open source hardware platform in automotive research and development. The research and development network in the Iranian automotive industry was selected as a statistical population that included different levels of developers, aggregators and automaker. The methods of fuzzy cognitive maps and mathematical modelling were used in two phases. Optimal relationships between different members were formed as within and between groups in terms of cost and value and according to the optimal model, the impacts of this interactions led to forming a common platform with minimum cost and maximum value. Technological collaborations in research and development networks are prevalent, but developing an open hardware platform in automotive research and development and determining an optimised community based on a multiplex network is new in this work.

Keywords: technological collaborations; open innovation; automotive research and development; open platform; open source hardware; multiplex networks; MLN; multilayer networks; open design.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTLID.2022.125698

International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2022 Vol.14 No.3, pp.315 - 339

Received: 05 Apr 2021
Accepted: 30 Mar 2022
Published online: 26 Sep 2022 *

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