Author(s)

Nasimalsadat Saesi¹, Mohammad Taleghani^2*

¹Department of Business Administration, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
²Department of Industrial Management, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.

In this article, the relationship between the knowledge of competitors and the development of new products in the field of capital medical equipment has been investigated. In order to identify the criteria for measuring competitors’ knowledge and developing new capital medical equipment products, marketing experts were interviewed and then a researcher-made questionnaire was compiled and distributed among the statistical sample of the research. Also, in order to achieve the goals of the research, a questionnaire among 100 members of the statistical community was selected, distributed and collected. To analyze the gathered data, the structural equation modeling (SEM) method was used in the SMART PLS 2 software to estimate the model and then the K-MEAN approach was used to cluster the capital medical equipment market based on the knowledge of actual and potential competitors. The results have shown that the knowledge of potential and actual competitors has a positive and significant effect on the development of new products in the capital medical equipment market. From the point of view of the knowledge of actual competitors, the market of “MRI”, “Ultrasound” and “SPECT” is grouped in the low knowledge cluster; “Pet MRI”, “CT Scan”, “Mammography”, “Radiography, Fluoroscopy and CRM”, “Pet CT”, “SPECT CT” and “Gamma Camera” markets are clustered in the medium knowledge. Finally, “Angiography” and “CBCT” markets are located in the knowledge cluster. From the perspective of knowledge of potential competitors, the market of “angiography”, “mammography”, “SPECT” and “SPECT CT” in the low knowledge cluster, “CT scan”, “radiography, fluoroscopy and CRM”, “pet CT”, “CBCT” markets in the medium knowledge cluster and “MRI”, “pet MRI”, “ultrasound” and “gamma camera” markets in the high knowledge cluster are located.

Knowledge of Competitors, Development of Products, Innovative Products, Data Mining, Data Mining Techniques, Medical Capital Goods, Medical Capital Goods Market

Saesi, N. and Taleghani, M. (2023) Linking Competitors’ Knowledge and Developing Innovative Products Using Data Mining Techniques. Journal of Computer and Communications, 11, 37-57. doi: 10.4236/jcc.2023.117004.