Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

• M. Deylam Salehi ¹
• A. Pourezzat ²
• M. Amiri ²
• M. Ghasemi Shushdeh ³

¹ Department of Government Management, Alborz Campus, University of Tehran, Iran

² Department of Government Management, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Iran

³ Department of Islamic Economics, Faculty of Economics, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The budget or financial plan, as one of the most important tools of the policy-making system and a vital lifeline of the government, has greater impact on directing the future course of a country. It can stimulate the knowledge-based economy and cause the growth and development of the biotechnology sector as one of the top innovations of the present century. The present study is an attempt to investigate and find the coordinates and features of an appropriate budget policy for developing biotechnology in the country.  With a combined approach framework, this article uses an analytical method and determines the proposed features through interviews with policy-making, budgeting, and biotechnological experts.  Utmost, the components of an appropriate budget policy were extracted in 16 main categories: national division of labor, institutional structural reform, strengthening the biotechnology development center, reforming laws and regulations, reforming the law to protect knowledge-based companies, establishing stability and consistency in laws, reforming the country's budget structure, strengthening the pyramidal role of budget, reforming budgeting methods, operational budgeting,  reforming the country's research budget, reforming financial safeguard models, reforming commanding phases, information technology infrastructure, adherence to budget principles, and monitoring of credits spending.

Keywords

• budgeting
• thematic analysis
• development of Biotechnology
• policymaking

Main Subjects

• Innovation and Technology