Ranking the Components of Intrapreneurship in the Drilling Industry using the ANP Method

Paying attention to the cultural, economic and social effects of entrepreneurship will determine the role of academics and innovators in the development of society, and entrepreneurship experts will respond to the various needs of society. This research was conducted with the aim of identifying and ranking the dimensions and components of intrapreneurship in the oil and gas drilling industry, the study of North Drilling Company. The current research was conducted by a mixed research method (qualitative and quantitative). To collect data in the qualitative section, 12 university experts in the field of entrepreneurship were interviewed. In the qualitative part, the dimensions and components of intrapreneurship in the industry were identified through interviews and content analysis methods, and then in the quantitative part, the necessary data were collected by ANP paired comparison questionnaires. In this section, standard ANP questionnaires were given to 14 knowledgeable people (experts) of the company, including senior and middle managers of North Drilling Company, and the necessary data for this section were collected. Based on the results of the qualitative section, 5 dimensions, 14 main components and 119 sub-components were identified for intrapreneurship in the industry. The results of ANP also showed that the management dimension is the most important among other dimensions of intrapreneurship. Also, in the internal relations of the sub-criteria, technology in production, human resources management and internal and external policies have the first to third ranks respectively.