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The Long-Term Impact of Economic Sanctions on the Technological Development of Iran

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The chapter presents the results of a recent study measuring the impact of the Western economic sanctions against Iran on the technological development of the country. Using the Delphi method, the author conducted three rounds of interviews of a group of experts so that he could identify the positive and detrimental effects of the sanction policies on the Iranian industrial-economic development. Based on these interviews, the author identified 13 positive and detrimental effects Western sanctions have had on Iranian technological development.

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  1. Fadak Group, Esfahan, Iran

    Hussein Fakhari

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, Wisconsin, USA

    Abdol S. Soofi

  2. Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’iUniversity, Tehran, Iran

    Mehdi Goodarzi

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Fakhari, H. (2017). The Long-Term Impact of Economic Sanctions on the Technological Development of Iran. In: Soofi, A., Goodarzi, M. (eds) The Development of Science and Technology in Iran. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57257-8_14

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