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Open Access Article
1 - Institutional Mapping of Innovation in the Railway Transport Industry
mehdi elyasi mehdi mohammadi hossein mirzaei atiyeh safardoustThe aim of this study was to delineate the institutional mapping of innovation in the rail transportation industry in the country. On the basis of centered concept of national innovation system in the form of six dimensions of Economic Cooperation and Development Organi MoreThe aim of this study was to delineate the institutional mapping of innovation in the rail transportation industry in the country. On the basis of centered concept of national innovation system in the form of six dimensions of Economic Cooperation and Development Organization Approach, we identify effective institutions in any sector and institutional mapping outline was drawn railway industry. In order to draw institutional mapping while taking advantage of expert opinions, six major steps in this article were evaluated, including identification of existing organizations in the field of rail transportation, understanding the relationships among competitors between institutions in this industry, providing institutional matrix-function for the status quo of the industry, providing an initial institutional mapping for the industry, and providing an overview on the outline of the institutional mapping of the railway transport industry. Manuscript profile -
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2 - Successful Strategy for Determining the Target Market of Iranian System Software Developer Knowledge Base Companies: A Case Study
Ahmad Reza Jafarian-Moghaddam Hamid Reza Jafarian Moghaddam Mehdi Hajimoradi Mohammad Mohammadpour Darzi NaghibiThe design and development of system software is extremely costly and time-consuming. On the other hand, system softwares have own customers. In Iran, the time between product presentation to a customer and requesting and accepting a customer to buy system software is v MoreThe design and development of system software is extremely costly and time-consuming. On the other hand, system softwares have own customers. In Iran, the time between product presentation to a customer and requesting and accepting a customer to buy system software is very long. This has led to an enormous increase in sales and marketing costs of Iranian knowledge-based companies. Accordingly, The Iranian System Software Developer knowledge- base Companies need to be able to increase their sales success rate by determining the correct product target market. The present paper, using the Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method (MCDM), attempts to provide guidance on the precise determination of the system software's target market for Iranian knowledge- base companies. The proposed method has been implemented in the PDNSoft Co. as a knowledge- base company and as a case study and one of the Iranian developers of system software product. The implementation of this method showed that the target market in Iran should consist of some groups of government customers. This method has improved the customer attraction rate from 0.06 to 0.13 per month. Manuscript profile -
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3 - Multi-period Multi-level Supply Chain Network Design in Agile Manufacturing with Tabu Search Algorithm
elahe salari mohammadreza shahraki abdollah sharifiSupply chain network design includes key decisions that have a major impact on the supply chain operational structure. Efficient supply chain design improves performance in organizations. This has led to the emergence of new concepts in the supply chain issue in the pas MoreSupply chain network design includes key decisions that have a major impact on the supply chain operational structure. Efficient supply chain design improves performance in organizations. This has led to the emergence of new concepts in the supply chain issue in the past decade. In this study, the supply chain network design problem in agile organizations has been taken into account with multi-level and multi-period. This problem is considered under conditions of having multiple customers with a high demand volume. The decisions include the selection of companies at each level, the amount of production, storage and transportation of each company. The problem has been modeled to integrate all decision variables with the goal of minimizing overall operating costs across the entire supply chain and Satisfaction of customers' complete demand and Satisfaction with them. Since multi-period multi-level supply chain design problem solving is one of the NP-Hard issues in uncertainty conditions, it is better to use innovative and meta-algorithms to reduce problem solving time. For this reason, the algorithm for banning search algorithms, which is one of the meta-algorithms, has been used to solve the model. The results of this research show that as the number of problem-solving repetitions increases, answers with less than 3% of the difference between the optimal answer are achieved. The search algorithm is forbidden to get the optimal response compared to the Lagrange algorithm. Manuscript profile -
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4 - A Pattern for Promotion of the New Product Development Success Based on Customer Involvement Capability, Customer Knowledge Absorption and Resources Slack
sadaf Veshkaeinezhad Mostafa Ebrahim pour Azbary Mohammad DoustarTodays, product development has faced the dramatically growth, due to the rapid changes in customers’ demands, needs and the competitiveness of the market. Success in new product development requires a deep understanding of our customers. And this necessitates an intera MoreTodays, product development has faced the dramatically growth, due to the rapid changes in customers’ demands, needs and the competitiveness of the market. Success in new product development requires a deep understanding of our customers. And this necessitates an interactive and active interaction with them. New product development is a way to listen to what customers want and also, to response their needs. Creating customer participation capability causes innovative and practical ideas and enhances firms’ competitive environment. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is investigating the effect of customer involvement capability on the success of the new product development. Also, this research attempts to develop previous researches by considering the effect of customer knowledge assimilation as a mediating variable and the moderating role of resources slack of company. This article is practical in term of purpose and descriptive in term of method. Questionnaire is used to collect the data. And 30 knowledge-based companies in Rasht city participated in this research. In order to test the hypotheses, the Structural Equation Modeling approach has been used. The research findings show that the customer participation capability directly and indirectly through the absorption of customer knowledge affects the success of the new product development; however, the role of resources slack as a moderated variable is not confirmed by the relation between customer knowledge assimilation and the success of new product development. Hence, knowledge-based companies need to pay particular attention to knowledge assimilation and customer involvement capability in order to succeed in new product development. As a result, they can possess an appropriate competitive position in the marketplace. Manuscript profile -
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5 - The Role of Business Knowledge in the Process of Internationalization of Companies
Hossein Abbasi-Esfanjani Minoo Salimi Mohammad taghei khodaei -gargareiThe main aim of this paper is to identify the knowledge elements that play a crucial role in the internationalization process of companies. Reviewing research literature shows, Companies that use the two-dimensional model for business knowledge divide knowledge into two MoreThe main aim of this paper is to identify the knowledge elements that play a crucial role in the internationalization process of companies. Reviewing research literature shows, Companies that use the two-dimensional model for business knowledge divide knowledge into two dimensions: explicit or tacit nature, and the nature of the codified or uncodified. This model states that the tacit knowledge is difficult to transfer to others, while the explicit and uncodified knowledge component is the simplest form of knowledge for transferring to others. The statistical population of the study consist of managers and experts of the foreign trade sector (export and import) of companies that were present in international markets. For this purpose, 104 companies were selected from among five different types of business in East Azerbaijan province, and for data gathering, questionnaire was applied. Findings show that all variables of individual competency of employees, organizational beliefs and habits, and corporate procedures are related to the degree of internationalization. However, the strongest link between internationalization and various elements of business knowledge was identified in the field of organizational beliefs and habits, and individual competence of employees. Manuscript profile -
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6 - Developement of the Patent Prioritization Model using the Electre Method and Analytic Hierarchy Process: A Case Study of Technology Selection in a Cellphone Company
mehdi khojasteh Marayam AshrafiWith the advent of growing knowledge of the economy and the rapid growth of technology, intellectual property has become the focus of attention of corporate investment managers and researchers. Patent are considered to be the most important intellectual asset, and one o MoreWith the advent of growing knowledge of the economy and the rapid growth of technology, intellectual property has become the focus of attention of corporate investment managers and researchers. Patent are considered to be the most important intellectual asset, and one of the reasons for this is the extensive research that has been done on the various dimensions of these rights. The patent provides the possessor with the possibility to use the technology exclusively for a limited period (often twenty years). Since many industrial and service companies need to acquire new technologies by the purchase of patent rights to maintain their competitive advantage and sustained business growth, the issue of patent assessment has become a serious challenge in the field of technology. In this research, a model for evaluating and ranking patents based on multi-criteria programming methods is presented and then the resulting model is implemented in a cell phone company. The company is required to choose a technology from four technologies: (1) a dual display, (2) missing phone tracking, (3) wireless communications security, and (4) remote banking to develop its products. The implementation of the model is based on four main criteria: (1) the essence of technology, (2) the cost of technology, (3) the product market, and (4) the technology market in the company led to the choice of wireless security technology. Also the accuracy of the result obtained from the implementation of the research model has been confirmed by the method of ELECTRE. Manuscript profile -
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7 - Identification of Effective Factors in Accepting Internet Objects from the Perspective of Users using the TAM Supplemental Model Presented in the Gao and Bai Model. Case Study: Customers of Iran Mobile Communications Company
Mohammad Kargar sharif abad mohsen gerami ahmadali yazdanpanahThe markets for mobile operators are changing rapidly and increasingly competitive, and for quick and effective responses to change customer needs in these markets, in order to remain at high levels of competition, operators are continually looking for ways to Overcomin MoreThe markets for mobile operators are changing rapidly and increasingly competitive, and for quick and effective responses to change customer needs in these markets, in order to remain at high levels of competition, operators are continually looking for ways to Overcoming rivals. Utilizing the valuable opportunity of Internet technology to create competitive advantage as the largest mobile phone operator in the Middle East is one of the key issues affecting customer satisfaction and preservation, and ultimately gaining market share in the current competitive market. In this research, using the TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) and adding three factors of technology, social context and individual characteristics, and creating a model for accepting Internet technology, the objects of existing hypotheses were studied. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting the adoption of Internet technology of objects. For this purpose, 384 data from the first company customers were collected through a questionnaire. The data of this research have been analyzed using Smart PLS software and Structural Equation Method. According to the results obtained in this research, factors affecting the acceptance of Internet technology of objects among first-time subscribers, perceived usefulness, effects Social, pleasure and behavioral control. Meanwhile, behavioral control variable is felt and social impact has the greatest impact on adoption of this technology. Manuscript profile -
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8 - Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Combined Viral Marketing Method with the Network Clustering Method and Comparing the Results
fereydoun ohadi mehrnoosh mohammadi Mohammad Jafar TarokhIn a Competitive Market, Understanding Customer Demand and Effective Advertising is one of the most Important Factors in Survival. Extend the Internet and virtual networks have provided a great opportunity for companies to advertise, and thus studying electronic marketi MoreIn a Competitive Market, Understanding Customer Demand and Effective Advertising is one of the most Important Factors in Survival. Extend the Internet and virtual networks have provided a great opportunity for companies to advertise, and thus studying electronic marketing methods and models is of great importance. One of the newest marketing methods is viral marketing that is based on mouth-to-mouth advertising and has a lot of power. Viral marketing relies on the principle that on any social network, a number of users have high power and influence on others, and by identifying them and creating good advertising messages, They can be used to effectively marketing. Therefore, The identification of important users is considered the most important activity in viral marketing. In this regard, various studies have been conducted to identify users using a variety of graph-based and publish-based methods. In this research, the capabilities of both methods have been used and by Using a semi-localized centrality criterion based on graph-based methods and Markov clustering model based on propagation methods, a new hybrid model for user clustering and identification of key users presented. The results show higher correlation between the proposed method and the SIR standard and, therefore, its higher efficiency than other methods used in the research. Manuscript profile