Naser Bagheri Moghaddam - PhD Candidate of Management of Technology
Mahdi Sahafzadeh - Master of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology
Morteza Zamanian - PhD Student of Economics, Bocconi University, Italy
Mohammadsadegh Emamian - PhD Student of Science and Technology Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK,

This article provides an overview of innovation processes have been taken in the field of Fuel Cell Technology (FCT) in Iran. Fuel Cell technology is a generic technology with wide variety areas of application in automobile and energy production both for industrial and residential purposes and also it is expected to have a large societal impact on the future society. In this article concerning decision criteria such as the role of cooperating actors at national level and their interactions, an innovation survey has been drawn on the basis of National Innovation System (NIS) approach. In this regard, in addition to monitoring the activities in development of FCT, we have explored related technological innovations in this field. These innovation surveys try to deal with two challenges. Firstly, what characterized FC technology innovation in Iran? And secondly, how can numerous actors be maintained and duplication avoided in an NIS? Finally our concluding remarks of the innovation surveys are analyzing and mapping the role of government, industry, academia and their interactions beside some suggestions for modifying Iranian FC system of innovation.

Innovation Survey, Fuel Cell, National Innovation System