TIBEC II, Terengganu International Business and Economics Conference 2010 1041 Prioritization of Technology Transfer Methods to Downstream Petrochemical Industries in Developing Countries Abolfazl Moradian, Hessam Zand Hessami, Pouya Majd Pezeshki Islamic Azad University H.Zand@qiau.ac.ir Abstract Nowadays by considering globalization it becomes more important to achieve new technologies in developing countries. Development and technology transfer play a major role in developing of industries in these countries. Especially downstream petrochemical made governments to pay more attention and concern about new technologies to be transferred because of its products which made much more added value in compare with midstream and upstream petrochemical products. The petrochemical industry is usually divided into three major components: Upstream, midstream and downstream. Midstream operations are generally included in the downstream category. The downstream petrochemical industry includes basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms, man-made fibres, rubber products, plastics products and other chemical products like pesticides and pesticides. In this paper we evaluate criteria of technology transfer methods in order to determine a list of prioritization for these methods in downstream petrochemical industry in developing countries. The approach is based on the Group TOPSIS technique (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution). Evaluating the methods of technology transfer shows that the most suitable method is industrial espionage. Industrial espionage is a technique to gain technical information and transferring the technology without permission from the owner of information or technology. Although there are ethical doubts about this method due to illegal actions which are known as a crime but sometimes it may become a logical decision to achieve required information and technology. Keywords: Technology transfer, developing country, downstream petrochemical industry, Group TOPSIS, MADM 1. Introduction Today, despite the globalization issue, importance of access to new technology for developing countries is not secret to anyone. Companies are constantly trying to acquire