26th International Association for Management of Technology Conference - IAMOT 2017

This article has been deduced from the results of research activities of Khuzestan Water and Power Authority Company (KWPA). The first issue is the non-functionality of many research projects being done in KWPA during these twenty years. Given that this company has always had the first rank among the subsidiary companies of Energy ministry from the perspective of research analysis, the above mentioned issue exists in most of them. The second issue, is that the outcomes of most of research works are only booklets. This means that the results were not raw materials and technological products or services. The third issue is that many of the research projects being contracted with the local universities were eventually the share of within-capital (Ahvaz) universities. Thus, the universities located out of the capital had only one percent of the research contracts to be signed for themselves. In this paper these issues are explained and a solution will be offered to fix them. The applied technologies in Water & Power industry can be divided into six categories: 1-the technology of human sciences and soft technology, 2-the technology of monitoring, control and instrumentation, 3- simulator technology and co-decision making support of water resources, 4-the technology of water manufacturing and engineering, 5-hydraulic structures technology, 6-hydro power plants and renewable technology. These issues have caused that the needed technologies in the water industry are not taught at universities in the province or don't have applicable aspects. For example, Khuzestan produces more than 95 percent of the country's hydropower, but even one master's degree or doctorate in the field of hydroelectric plants is not graduated in the universities of the province. In other technologies such as law and economics of water, instrumentation and control, automation, water supply, etc. the situation is the same too. To solve these problems, we are trying to implement regional and sectorial innovation systems during the sixth five-year of Iran's development program. Considering this purpose, Khuzestan has been divided into six areas: 1-central, 2-north, 3-north east, 4-north west, 5-south west, and 6-south east. At the moment, memorandums of cooperation have been signed with provincial universities so that each university, according to its ability, works out in a certain research area. In addition, the center of technology development and commercialization exhibition have been set up. The three questions being mentioned at the beginning of the paper are answered by this solution. Firstly, it has been tried that the research projects be more various and include all six required sciences and technologies for subsidiaries. Also, there are a lot of attempts to pursue achieving these technologies and their commercialization until 1404 (2025). Secondly, the universities out of the capital have the same opportunity as the universities within the capital to carry out research activities. This situation has created an effective competition between the universities. Also, the cooperation with the universities located outside the province or outside the country will be gained by the discretion of the employer or university.