business sector research needs assessment

optimal allocation of research funds based on research priorities; mobilization of existing research capacities and capabilities in small and medium enterprises and supporting enterprises to respond to research needs; create the necessary conditions for applying the research results and findings from necessary research projects; prospective study in research and avoid instantaneous and non-strategic decision-making; and the underlying connection for more communication between decisions and researchs through basic researchs required for commercial system are facts that not only as a research needs assessment activities are necessary to introduce, but also as one of its fundamental research activities in the process of compiling research programs. in order to identify research needs of commercial systems, this research by using in-depth interview, delphi technique and questionnaires identified about 450 research priorities in 13 different axis, and used the friedman test to prioritize them in areas discussed. the results suggested some of the more important priorities that have been identified as foremost priorities in the respective tables. less important priorities were identified as the secondary priorities. in the end, both substantive and procedural recommendations for improving future studies were offered.