The Symbiosis in OIC Member States to Achieve Knowledge-Based Economy: The role of Network of Networks

This study has focused on Technomart as an important current issue in the science and technology ecosystem. Promoting Technomart among the OIC Member States is a proper step towards more integration and competitive strength. Based on World Bank, Knowledge Economy Index is an aggregated criterion for evaluating countries. KEI is based on summing up the normalized scores of four attributes of the countries. As an alternative, nine attributes have been introduced to measure the position of the OIC Member States to promote Technomart i.e., Multi-Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) has been applied instead of simple summing up. This study has ranked the OIC countries as pioneer and intermediate in a certain area relating to Technomart. Finally, the obtained results showed that none of the OIC countries is pioneer in all competencies. That is, even the pioneer countries in some areas need the help of others to promote their abilities in Technomart.