Designing the Evaluation Model for Sustainable Technology in the Textile Industry

Subject Areas : Business Strategy

Morteza Ebrahimi ¹ , Mohsen Rasouliyan ² , Hossein Panahiyan ³ , Hassan Ghodrati ⁴

1 - Department of Management, Kashan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kashan, Iran
2 - Department of Management, Kashan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kashan, Iran
3 - Department of Management, Kashan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kashan, Iran
4 - Department of Management, Kashan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kashan, Iran

Received: 2021-09-09 Accepted : 2021-11-22 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Textile industry, technology evaluation, Sustainability,

Abstract :

Textiles as a forerunner in the industrialization of many current developed countries to the post-industrial stage has fundamental role. Due to the occurrence of many problems in the Iranian textile industry, this industry has faced many hardships. The objective of this article is to develop an evaluation model for sustainable technology in the textile industry. The present research method is applied, in terms of (quantitative-qualitative) mix method. The qualitative sector is consists of the statistical population of elite in the textile industry, which semi-structured interviews were carried out with 10 experts in the textile industry. Their ideas were refined in two stages using the Fuzzy Delphi method and according to the library studies and expert ideas, the evaluating components of technology were identified and a researcher-made questionnaire was developed in the Likert spectrum. Its validity was measured using confirmatory factor analysis and reliability with combined method. The quantitative sector is consist of the statistical population includes all engineers, managers and university professors of the textile industry, of which 200 people were randomly selected as the sample size. Based on the results of the qualitative and quantitative sectors, the technology evaluating model has been drawn including 10 dimensions of economic, cultural, environmental, marketing, legal, organizational, political, technical, managerial and marketing. Obstacles and influential factors in evaluating technology are stated here with their consequences.

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