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Identification the components of futures research to remove barriers to production infrastructure in the steel industry

Volume: 101  ,  Issue: 1 , May    Published Date: 29 May 2022
Publisher Name: IJRP
Views: 379  ,  Download: 230 , Pages: 348 - 357    
DOI: 10.47119/IJRP1001011520223234

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1 Amin MehrKish

Abstract

The emergence of new technologies in the form of the fourth industrial revolution has created close competition between different sectors of industry and mining to use these technologies in order to increase productivity and reduce production costs. Leading countries in the steel industry have also developed specific strategies to take advantage of technological advances and have implemented programs to this end. The purpose of this study is to map the future of the steel industry in terms of identifying the components of futures research of production infrastructure and the use of new technologies in the country's steel industry. The present study is a type of qualitative study. The approach of this qualitative research and the research method used in it is the data theory (Strauss-Corbin systematic method). The statistical population of this research consists of academic experts, managers and experts of the steel industry who have at least 5 years of experience in the field of futures research and the steel industry. The sampling method in this research is based on purposeful method and theoretical saturation and the data collection tools are library studies and in-depth semi-structured interviews. Also, the data analysis method is based on the systematic method in three stages of open, axial and selective coding. Based on this, a total of 45 initial codes were identified, which were classified into 16 concepts and 5 categories of underlying factors, causal factors, intervening conditions, strategies and consequences.