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1 - Assessment of Potential Risks Towards the Business Processes Reengineering Success in SMEs
Mohsen Shafiei Nik Abadi Haniyeh Farahmand Atiyeh Derakhshan Fatemeh Rezaei

In turbulent business environment, organizations are struggling to make themselves agility and for this purpose, it is necessary for them to reengineer the business process. Selecting an appropriate process for reengineering can improve organization in low cost and high More

In turbulent business environment, organizations are struggling to make themselves agility and for this purpose, it is necessary for them to reengineer the business process. Selecting an appropriate process for reengineering can improve organization in low cost and high speed. This means that organization should select reengineering processes with the greatest potential for change and also generate the best result for the organizations agility. Due to the high failure rate in business processes reengineering, risk assessment is important for these processes. This paper aims to assess the potential risk in the success of business processes reengineering. This study is an applied research in terms of results and in terms of variables; it includes qualitative variables and takes place in the field of descriptive researches and performs via survey method. Cronbach's alpha method is used for the reliability and content for validity. To verify the hypothesis of research, correlation and regression methods are used. A case study performed small and medium enterprises of an Incubator in Ferdowsi University. The innovative aspect of research is to create a new perspective to examine the effect of risk and failure rates in business processes reengineering. According to the results of this research, among the potential risk dimensions, management support and workplace have the greatest impact on success rate of business processes reengineering. Manuscript profile

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2 - Business Intelligence Systems and Transformational Leadership in SMEs
Fereshte Soltani

10.7508/jstpi.2015.01.003

In order to survive in active and changing business environment, organizations should provide vital information for the managers by using new methods in a very short time. As Small and Medium Enterprises are the heart of economy; there’s no doubt in the importance of sm More

In order to survive in active and changing business environment, organizations should provide vital information for the managers by using new methods in a very short time. As Small and Medium Enterprises are the heart of economy; there’s no doubt in the importance of small and medium industries’ role in countries’ economic development so they need to use this new methods and systems. By using new technologies, SMEs are able to apply new processes like supply chain management, customer relationship management, and knowledge management. Business intelligence as a new concept could integrate the scattered and heterogeneous organizational data and by using business intelligence systems, SME's would be able to provide multi-dimensional analytical reports for their managers to make correct decisions. In addition to above systems, a powerful, committed and adaptive leadership method could provide the basis for effective utilization of the business intelligence systems. In this article, first we introduce Business Intelligence and Transformational leadership, and then we will investigate the importance of business intelligence systems usage and the role of transformational management in SMEs. Manuscript profile

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3 - How to Allocate University Spin-off Companies Equity Among their Owners
Bahman Facoor

Iranian academic sector is approaching research commercialization, although, creation of university spin-offs is an initial experience in this sector. Legislation of “knowledge based firms support and commercialization of invention and innovations” has provided great op More

Iranian academic sector is approaching research commercialization, although, creation of university spin-offs is an initial experience in this sector. Legislation of “knowledge based firms support and commercialization of invention and innovations” has provided great opportunity for the creation of this type of firms in universities and research institutes. But universities and research institutes are still required to complete their infrastructures including rules and regulations needed for the creation of spin-offs. One of the most important of these is "allocation of university spin-off equity among their owners" regulation. Owners of university spin-offs are universities and research institutes, inventor researchers, investors and external entrepreneurs. Allocation of spin-off equity among these parties satisfactorily, is one of the important challenges to spin-off creation in universities and research institutes. This article first tries to identify founders and other parties that are gradually added to owners of spin-off companies. Then stakeholder's equity determinant factors will be discussed. Finally implementation of a framework for the allocation of spin-off companies' equity among their owners will be raised. 10 universities in America, Britain and Canada with spin-off creation experience have been studied in this article. Manuscript profile

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4 - Knowledge Management as a Model for Managing Knowledge-Based Firms in Science & Technology Park
Zinat Eizadian Bizhan Abdollahi Valimorad Kiani

Success in organizations is based on knowledge management, both the physical and financial resources. The new realities of business world are knowledge-based companies and organizations applying creativity and innovation. Science parks are important strategy to support More

Success in organizations is based on knowledge management, both the physical and financial resources. The new realities of business world are knowledge-based companies and organizations applying creativity and innovation. Science parks are important strategy to support knowledge-based firms. After constructing companies it is very important how to manage them. So the organization task is to provide favorable condition for knowledge management. Nowadays the challenge is how managers develop employee's minds in knowledge based organizations. Knowledge management (KM) is the process of capturing, developing, sharing, and effectively using organizational knowledge. It refers to a multi-disciplined approach to achieving organizational objectives by making the best use of knowledge. Institutionalization of knowledge management in science parks lead to improvement of their performance. Knowledge plays an important role in activating employees and organization. Gradually physical and financial capitals are replaced with intellectual capitals. The study suggests science parks managers should use new and suitable knowledge management models to improve their competitive advantage in order to mange knowledge and intellectual capitals to maintain sustainability in area of industry and society. Manuscript profile

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5 - Ranking of Effective Factors on Promoting Innovation Companies in Incubators, Using Fuzzy Topsis Technique; Case Study: Yazd Science and Technology Park
Seyed Habibollah Mirghafori Hosein Sayadi Toranloo Maryam Kariminia

In modern world, most countries tend to increase their efficiency and improve their economic status relying on innovation. One of the important centers for doing innovative activities are tenant companies in incubators located in Science and Technology Parks. Therefore More

In modern world, most countries tend to increase their efficiency and improve their economic status relying on innovation. One of the important centers for doing innovative activities are tenant companies in incubators located in Science and Technology Parks. Therefore the aim of this research is to identify and rank effective factors improving innovation in companies in Yazd Science and Technology Park (YSTP). In order to identify effective indexes on improving innovation, update articles have been studied and experts' ideas in the field of technology were used from which thirty seven indexes were confirmed by experts. After designing questioners out of available indexes and content and face validity confirmation by experts, questioners were distributed among the managers and staffs of companies in YSTP. 200 questioners were corrected completely and achieved data were analyzed by Fuzzy Topsis Technique. Based on this, thirty seven indexes in questioners were ranked in terms of their importance regarding given responses by companies' managers and staffs. Earning knowledge and new information and accessibility of advanced technologies were identified as the most important effective factors in improving innovation in companies in YSTP incubators. Manuscript profile

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6 - Rating the Effective Elements over E- Procurement Adoption in Organization by Statistical Method and Analytical Hierarchy Process Case study: Iranian Islamic Republic Railways
Farzaneh Pourkiyani Davood Vahdat Reza Askari Moghadam Eslam Nazemi alireza dadashi

The main goal of this article is rating and scoring the importance of main elements over implementation of e-procurement in organizations (Case Study: Iranian Islamic Republic Railways). For Scoring and rating the elements, we used the statistical methods of Friedman te More

The main goal of this article is rating and scoring the importance of main elements over implementation of e-procurement in organizations (Case Study: Iranian Islamic Republic Railways). For Scoring and rating the elements, we used the statistical methods of Friedman test and Kruskal-Wallis test (test H), and Analysis Hierarchy Process (AHP). Here we used two methods to rate the elements over e-procurement adoption; The statistical processes and the AHP or Analytical Hierarchy Process. Also, in this study two kinds of questionnaire are used and designed, likert and AHP. Likert questionnaire is completed by 97 persons among Iranian Railways experts, managers and senior managers having BA 70% and MA, 19%. The statistical processes result showed that most effectiveness elements over e-procurement adoption in I.I.R.R are "Organization" as the first factor ranked score 4.0585 , "Technology" as the second factor ranked score 3.7807 and "Environment" is the third factor ranked score 3.6968 respectively. AHP questionnaire is completed by 24 managers and senior managers of I.I.R.R and its results are similar to Fridman and Kruskal-Wallis method: "Organization" is the first ranked score 0.389, "Technology" is the second ranked 0.378 and "Environment" is the third factor ranked 0.233 which are the most important factors in e-procurement adoption in I.I.R.R respectively. Manuscript profile

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7 - A survey of Relationship between Organizational Intelligence and Entrepreneurship in Manufacturing Companies of Gilan Province
Hamidereza Alipour Effat Marzban Moghadam

A survey of relationship between organizational intelligence and entrepreneurship in manufacturing companies of Gilan province is the purpose of this research. Entrepreneurship is a process which leads to creating satisfaction or new demand consisting of the process of More

A survey of relationship between organizational intelligence and entrepreneurship in manufacturing companies of Gilan province is the purpose of this research. Entrepreneurship is a process which leads to creating satisfaction or new demand consisting of the process of value creation from composing of a unique collection of resources in order to take advantage of the opportunities. According to importance of the subject and purpose of the research, this investigation is a description of correlation. Statistical community research contains managers of manufacturing companies of Gilan province, which in 1391, 119 people were chosen among 207 managers of manufacturing companies by random sampling method. For data collection, Albrkht organizational intelligence questionnaires and Robbins entrepreneurship were utilized. After confirmation of validity assessment of the questionnaires through final and content methods, by Grunbakh alpha (a=0.87), the obtained information was analyzed with descriptive statistical calculations and inferential statistics (pearson's correlation coefficient). The results collected demonstrate that there is a meaningful relationship between all components of organizational intelligence (strategic insight, shared fate, willingness to change, assertiveness and courage, alliance and agreement, application of knowledge and push performance) and entrepreneurship components (creativity, risk disclosure, independence, impulse, determination and will power and belief in sacred things). It seems that for manufacturing development, companies should create interaction between labors as organizational intelligence capital and smart tools in addition to upgrading intelligent manufacturing tools as well as noticing to technology. Manuscript profile

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8 - An Approach to Improve the Management of Knowledge-Based Firms
Hosein Fakhari Davood Salmani

Knowledge based firms (KBF) play essential role in technology development, economic prosperity and job creation. The formation of these firms depends on practical ideas of entrepreneur engineers. But most of these entrepreneurs are young graduates who may not have the l More

Knowledge based firms (KBF) play essential role in technology development, economic prosperity and job creation. The formation of these firms depends on practical ideas of entrepreneur engineers. But most of these entrepreneurs are young graduates who may not have the leadership skills and knowledge required for leading new firms. In KBF engineers design and build things that meet the needs of customers, beneficiaries and ultimately the society. These tasks can only be accomplished by the concerted action of many people aligned and rallied by effective leadership. On the other hand, when faced with many problems in KBF’s initial years, however, many of these firms fail to sustain themselves and fall in to bankruptcy with a high rate and one of the most important factors of these failures is leadership. In this study, based on the engineering approach, a special attention has been paid to the leadership. In this approach, technical abilities and leadership, describe principles of "engineering leadership". By this method, KBF can achieve their targets through the proper rout. On the base of "engineering leadership" approach, this study shows leadership skill training plays a main role in the success of KBF. In addition, this paper suggests to KBF managers a contingency sight to select the best leadership method and proper organization structure based on teamwork for KBF success. Manuscript profile

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9 - Managing the Stakeholders Network in Technology Business Incubators
Hasan KIhakbaz Jafar Eyvazzpour

The Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) provide an effective means to link technology, capital and know-how in order to accelerate the development of new technology-based companies, leverage entrepreneurial talent, and thus speed the exploitation of technology. The TB More

The Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) provide an effective means to link technology, capital and know-how in order to accelerate the development of new technology-based companies, leverage entrepreneurial talent, and thus speed the exploitation of technology. The TBIs assist emerging businesses through an array of business support services, developed by incubator management such as assistance in developing business and marketing plans, building management teams, obtaining capital, and ease of access to a range of other more specialized professional services. In addition, incubators provide flexible space, shared equipment, and administrative services. Therefore, the TBI goal is to produce successful firms that will leave the incubator financially viable and freestanding. To address this goal, involvement and support of stakeholders, consisting of sponsors drawn from the local business community, government, the broader community, venture capital providers, technopreneurs, incubator managers and staff are vital. The stakeholders in an incubator will help sustain its financing, offer assistance to its client companies, serve on governing boards, and play generally a key role in the incubator's success. The purpose of this paper is to explain the reason for involving stakeholders in TBI management and necessity of establishing a healthy relationship with them, based on an appropriate set of expectations regarding the nature of the relationship. Manuscript profile

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10 - Organizational Commitment in Knowledge base Startup Companies: the Team Coherence and Business Survival Factor in the Competitive Environment
Mehrdad Shafiei

Turn of the third millennium, the role of human resources so highlighted that some referred to as the only source of sustainable competitive advantage. This is especially true as more and more in knowledge based businesses. For a start up company, human capital is the m More

Turn of the third millennium, the role of human resources so highlighted that some referred to as the only source of sustainable competitive advantage. This is especially true as more and more in knowledge based businesses. For a start up company, human capital is the most important. The quality of this investment is more, probability of survival, success, and promotion of the business will more. In today's highly competitive and changing environment, creative and innovative human resource can help to achieve a competitive advantage. Organizations need to become learning and dynamic organizations. So their employees can develop the ability to adapt to changes in competition fields. Commitment, in brief is a person's inner feelings and attitudes towards the organization that influences on performance, judgment and loyalty towards the organization. As a result of continuous study and research on the factors of organizational commitment essential ingredients, managers can reconstruct, rehabilitate and restore of positive behaviors and organizational commitment or modify or eliminate damaging parts of this phenomenon.One of the concepts that can be used for analysis of entrepreneur team durability and the business survival is organizational commitment. In this article we attempt to discussed about the role of organizational commitment in possibility of work team integrity in the early stages of forming a business, based on a comparative study and by combining the concepts of organizational commitment and human resources in startup businesses.The purpose of this paper is to establish a correspondence between the importance of human resources in start-ups and their role in business survival and functions of organizational commitment in fulfilling these requirements. Manuscript profile

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11 - Introducing a Framework to Implement Technology Management in Technology-based Firms
Reza Ansari Javad Soltanzadeh

Today, managers have come to this understanding that technology is the main source of competitive advantages and also growth in firms, hence it must be taken into consideration. Although Technology Management (TM) has become popular in the management area and many frame More

Today, managers have come to this understanding that technology is the main source of competitive advantages and also growth in firms, hence it must be taken into consideration. Although Technology Management (TM) has become popular in the management area and many frameworks have been proposed, a practical framework and management tool is not available yet. To this point, Dynamic Capabilities Theory (DCT) has been utilized to introduce a TM framework in technology-based firms by focusing on the creation of the dynamic capabilities’ flows. This article aims to clarify TM activities in DCT context, and moreover tries to determine relationships and interactions among TM, Knowledge Management (KM), and Innovation Management (IM) concepts. By reviewing TM frameworks proposed by different scholars an integral and appropriate framework based on Cetindamar’s et al. (2010) is suggested for technology-based firms. By considering that each of TM activities (Acquisition, Exploitation, Identification, Learning, Protection, and Selection) can create a specific dynamic capability ,six TM tools namely, Patent Analysis, Portfolio Management, roadmapping, S-curve, stage-gate, and Value analysis are described to implement TM activities. These six TM tools and the six TM activities could be a well starting point to apply TM in firms. Manuscript profile

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12 - Proposing the most appropriate selectionmodel of technology transfer method, with using Analytical Hierarchy Process technique: a Case Study in Iran Khodro Diesel Company
Ehsan Dehghani Mostafa Mablaghi

20.1001.1.17355486.1391.8.31.2.5

Technology transfer is a sensitive and complicated process that if not done with knowledge and research, will lead to costs and also huge losses. while the audience of this process are mainly developing countries, it can be noted that studying and investigating the proc More

Technology transfer is a sensitive and complicated process that if not done with knowledge and research, will lead to costs and also huge losses. while the audience of this process are mainly developing countries, it can be noted that studying and investigating the process of technology transfer to developing countries, generally shows weaknesses due to ignorance of the terms, conditions and requirements available, and also the policies and goals of technology transfer, that transferor will follow them, leading to irreversible failures, and the applicant has prevented from obtaining the original technology. Hence, in this study, due to the importance of technology and its transfer in the automobile industry, while focusing on the factors influencing this process in Iran Khodro Diesel Company, that is among the largest and most important domestic automakers, it has been tried that the weaknesses and factors that influence the process and provoke these weaknesses have been detected. Also those transfer methods of technology which are according to national polices and strategies, have led to less dependence, and further, after discussion with experts and specialists in this field survey, and using process models, hierarchical analysis, in the Expert Choice soft wear, to compare any of existing standards and methods are discussed, and the best methods, in order of preference, are introduced. And finally, all research results and achievements are summarized in terms of the most appropriateselection model of technology transfer method, and algorithm design, which help to facility decision-making in this selection, and also recommended to other companies in this industry. Manuscript profile

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13 - Suitable Organizational Structure for Knowledge-Based Companies
Najaf Allahyari fard Rasoul Abbasi

Knowledge-based economy is modern economy that production and distribution is based on knowledge and knowledge itself is the main source of growth and wealth creation. Knowledge-based companies are generators of knowledge-based economy. Knowledge-based companies & insti More

Knowledge-based economy is modern economy that production and distribution is based on knowledge and knowledge itself is the main source of growth and wealth creation. Knowledge-based companies are generators of knowledge-based economy. Knowledge-based companies & institutions are private or cooperative companies that cause synergy of science and wealth, development of knowledge-based economy, achievement of scientific and economic goals (including development and application of invention and innovation) and commercialization of research and development (including design and production of goods and services) in the high technology and high value-added production, particularly in the form of software. Knowledge-based companies can be divided into two categories: micro and macro. K-based companies have made some important features such as job creation, positive competitiveness, generation and development. Those companies are commensurate with their growing economies. Organizational structures of companies in many different companies and organizations are playing an efficient role. The types of organizations and companies determine organizational structure. In this study we reviewe organizational structures, including functional, productional, regional, Matrix, connectional, horizontal, network, associational, star, clover and Virtual. We propose a suitable pattern “network-Virtual-horizontal” for organizational structure of K-based companies. This organizational structure increases productivity in knowledge-based companies. Manuscript profile

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14 - Spin-off companies establishment process in Universities and Research institutions
Bahman Facoor

University spin-off companies can be established based on research findings with contribution of relevant research groups and probably parent universities and research institutions. These companies are considered one of the most important mechanisms for research commerc More

University spin-off companies can be established based on research findings with contribution of relevant research groups and probably parent universities and research institutions. These companies are considered one of the most important mechanisms for research commercialization and most profitable for parent institutions and on the other hand will cause economic development. This article is aimed to submit a university spin-off establishment process for use in universities and research institutions. To prepare this guide line the findings from papers in addition of current process that are used in other countries universities with successful experience in research commercialization and spin-off creation has been used. The following steps are defined as spin- off company creation process: Primary decision for spin-off creation (Idea generation and opportunity identification), Primary evaluation of spin-off creation feasibility, Primary approval of universities and research institutions for spin-off creation, Search for executives and agreement with them, Primary search for partners and investors and negotiation with them, Preparation of the main business plan, Evaluation of the main business plan by universities or research institutions, partners and investors, Definition and formation of company management structure and registration of company, Final agreement with partners and investors about the amount and manner of their participation and equities, Technology licensing from universities or research institutions, Universities or research institutions approval for attendance of founder researchers in company according to agreed plan, Preparation of company legal documents, Definition and formation of company board of directors. Manuscript profile

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15 - The Rule of Academic Spin off Companies in the Development of Entrepreneurship at the Universities
Atefeh Zolfaghari Seyed reza Hejazi Arta Farmodi

This paper investigates the rule of spin off companies in the development of academic entrepreneurship at the University. Increasing attention to the entrepreneurship and highlighted the role of spin off companies in knowledge transfer and technology transfer have shown More

This paper investigates the rule of spin off companies in the development of academic entrepreneurship at the University. Increasing attention to the entrepreneurship and highlighted the role of spin off companies in knowledge transfer and technology transfer have shown the increasingly importance of spin off companies in Iran. Considering to the formation and growth of spin off companies in the future industrial development and increased universities income especially in Iran would be a major subject for countries. This paper is a qualitative study that have shaped based on studied documents, database, technology transfer, spin off and entrepreneurship literatures. Based on the finding from depth interviews with universities experts and founders of academic spin offs this study has been integrated. Based on the collected data success of the spin off companies have strengthened the suitable formed of entrepreneurship team at universities and research institutions. Spin off company’s Entrepreneur founders with the good organizational conditions make growth and increased rate of income and employment which will increase attention to entrepreneurship in the universities. This paper has been reviewed the enormous changes in universities system to developing entrepreneurship culture and education in teaching and research activities in universities and has been investigated that attention to interact companies with industry through academic spin off is so vial. At the end if the interaction between the university environment and research organizations with industrial and economic business has been organized, and with effective mechanisms such as creation spin off, the resulting will be absorbing most employment and efficiency of sources. Manuscript profile

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16 - An analysis of Science & Technology Parks Through the Evaluation Results of K-Based Companies in STPs
Hamid Mahdavi Mahmod Sheykh zeynoddin Leyla Khodabandeh

Evaluating the performance of the knowledge-based companies settled in science and technology parks is one of the criteria for determining the success rate of these STPs. Promoting the necessary skills in STP managers through the implementation of real and operational p More

Evaluating the performance of the knowledge-based companies settled in science and technology parks is one of the criteria for determining the success rate of these STPs. Promoting the necessary skills in STP managers through the implementation of real and operational performance assessment systems is the best way for fulfilling this goal. The STPs mission could be achieved through a n integrated chain from research to production. Removing the gap between scientific and research ideas into products and services, directing the knowledge-based companies, meeting the actual needs and providing value-added services to the commercialization stage are the major missions of technology parks. The existence of a model for analyzing the role and the status of effective factors through assessment process is considered as one of the important measures for developing science and technology which has been paid less attention in Iran today. Therefore, there are different items used in assessment procedure including gaining some statistics on technology level, the relationship between the components of science and technology system, the status of intellectual property, cooperation methods between higher education and research centers with industries and organizations, diversity of financial resources and the rate of incomes, attracted investments, the scope of providing services and products, the number of customers and many other factors which are considered in a k-based company as key factors. This paper intends to investigate and present the best assessment and effectiveness evaluation model together with the performance of k-based companies mostly obtained based on the tacit knowledge through ISTT experiences. The objective is to localize executive processes in accordance with the cultural and social structures in Iran. Manuscript profile

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17 - Role of Organizational Innovation in Implementing EBusiness in Parent Companies in Automobile Industry
Mohsen Shafiei Nik Abadi Azam Jalili bolhasani Ali Khatami firozabadi

In today world, while everything is changing so fast and the competitors always want to increase their market share through competitive advantages, noting to the innovations is an alternative way for increasing the competitive advantages in this dynamic commercial envir More

In today world, while everything is changing so fast and the competitors always want to increase their market share through competitive advantages, noting to the innovations is an alternative way for increasing the competitive advantages in this dynamic commercial environment. Appearance of internet and other different information technologies has changed the business models for gaining the competitive advantages and electronic business has been introduced as a vital tool which relates the companies with customers and market forces sustainable. Parent companies can be separated from other companies because of their special characteristics in the business models. In this research, different dimensions of innovation are recognized and they have been categorized in 4 main factors: 1) development of information technologies tools, 2) extensive competitive price, 3) extensive centralization in industry (market share) and 4) centralization and the degree of flexibility in duties. These different dimensions of innovation are surveyed in Iran Khodro and Saipa (Two Parent Companies in Iran). To evaluate the e-business models, these factors are applied to find out the importance of the factors in the automobile industry. The result of research showed just centralization and flexibility in duties has not obtained the important task for implementing e-business in Parent Companies in automobile industry. Finally, the important factors have been evaluated in the Iran Khodro Parent Company to show how well the company can be successful in implementing the electronic business. Manuscript profile

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18 - Organizational Intelligence as a strong device in the management of Knowledge based firms
Gholamreza Malekzadeh

Knowledge based enterprises are faced with the rapidly changing events in economical, technological, social, cultural, and political environment. Successful reaction to these organizations in a very dynamic and inimical trade ambiance depends on their ability to provide More

Knowledge based enterprises are faced with the rapidly changing events in economical, technological, social, cultural, and political environment. Successful reaction to these organizations in a very dynamic and inimical trade ambiance depends on their ability to provide relevant information and find adequate solutions to the problems that they are faced with. The attention of managers must be focused on designing of the so called “Organizational intelligence” and intellectual abilities of an organization (organizational learning, communication and memory). As a result of these trends, a relatively new concept in organizational theory has developed – Organizational Intelligence. The aim of this paper, after determining the concept of organizational intelligence, is to identify organizational intelligence and learning as one of the most powerful tools in managing knowledge based organizations and enterprises Manuscript profile

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19 - Presenting a Method for a Suitable Selection of Technology Acquisition Methods Based on Factor Analysis Method; A Case Study in Alupan Corporation
Asadollah Najafi

Technology acquisition (TA) is a necessary tool for achieving international competency and reliability. Identification of technology acquisition process and effective factors is very important. Therefore, it is necessary for creation of suitable Technology acquisition s More

Technology acquisition (TA) is a necessary tool for achieving international competency and reliability. Identification of technology acquisition process and effective factors is very important. Therefore, it is necessary for creation of suitable Technology acquisition structure. There are many methods for TA, but they are more efficient if can be selected based on type of organization and technology content. In this paper, we seek to present a method based on FA, This method identifies suitable TA methods in many companies, it is tested and validated by alupan corporation in Iran. Manuscript profile

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20 - Investigation of success factors of Knowledge-based Companies
Hamid Mahdavi MOrteza Rasti bozorgi Mohsen Fathollah Bayati

Nowadays the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) is undeniably pivotal and fundamental. Investigating on such enterprises will lead to knowledge based economy. Focus on this issue has been recently increased in our country, and the government is paying more atten More

Nowadays the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) is undeniably pivotal and fundamental. Investigating on such enterprises will lead to knowledge based economy. Focus on this issue has been recently increased in our country, and the government is paying more attention to supportive organizations. With respect to the significant role of these newly-established organizations, studying the factors of their success is of great importance. In this research, and from the company managers points of view, the important factors that are considered to be effective in success of the organizations have been ranked with respect to their importance. This paper is presented in two parts; the first part deals with the success factors of technology-based companies and in the second part suggestions and solutions for eliminating development obstacles are provided. Manuscript profile

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21 - Ranking Factors in Successful Implementation of Knowledge Management in Knowledge Based Companies
mahbobeh Haghi Morteza rasti bozorki Hamid Mahdavi

10.7508/jstpi.2015.01.007

Knowledge management is one of the appropriate solutions to earn utility and efficiency in organizations. Procedure of increasing the role of knowledge in the management of organizations has caused the concept of knowledge management to become the heart of the organizat More

Knowledge management is one of the appropriate solutions to earn utility and efficiency in organizations. Procedure of increasing the role of knowledge in the management of organizations has caused the concept of knowledge management to become the heart of the organization's strategic policies. Accordingly, paying special attention to knowledge management and understanding the most important effective factors in its successful implementation is necessary to achieve the organization goals. Having studied various articles, in this article, 30 sub-factors in the forms of 7 main factors including leadership, organizational culture, resources and human resources, information technology, evaluation and performance measurement, strategies, processes and activities have been recognized. These factors are the effective ones in successful implementation of knowledge management in knowledge based organizations. The factors have been ranked by managers of knowledge based companies located in Isfahan Science and Technology town. According to this the priorities of main factors in the successful implementation of knowledge management have been determined in the form of resources and manpower, leadership, strategies, organizational culture, processes and activities, information technology and evaluation and performance measurement, among the effective sub-factors in successful implementation of knowledge management. Hiring qualified personnel, having the same prospect , creating appropriate space and time for brain storming and having a clear long- and short-term goals for knowledge management have the highest importance for the successful implementation of knowledge management in knowledge based organization, respectively. Manuscript profile

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22 - Technology marketing and Research Commercialization
Gholamreza Malekzadeh

Title: Technology marketing and Research Commercialization Author/Authors Email/Emails Gholam Reza Malek Zadeh rezamalekzadeh@yahoo.com Abstract: One of the most important and essential actions in establishment and institutionalization of knowledge-based econ More

Title: Technology marketing and Research Commercialization Author/Authors Email/Emails Gholam Reza Malek Zadeh rezamalekzadeh@yahoo.com Abstract: One of the most important and essential actions in establishment and institutionalization of knowledge-based economy is the development of intelligent infrastructures which will make the establishment possible. In this era, Support of Small and Medium Enterprises in Entrepreneurship centers, Technology Incubators and Science and Technology Parks are vital. In Commercialization of Research and Development results, Knowledge-based companies’ role is very important and critical. Unfortunately, these firms experience very serious problems especially in marketing. In this paper, some important points about Technology Marketing will be addressed and the most important requirements of this issue will be presented. Manuscript profile

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23 - The norms of entrepreneurial science
henry Eikoeitz Firouzeh Asbaghi Khanghah

Universities are undergoing a second revelution these days, in corporating economic and social development as part of their mission. The first academic revolution made research an academic function in addition to teaching. Now the emerging entrepreneurial university int More

Universities are undergoing a second revelution these days, in corporating economic and social development as part of their mission. The first academic revolution made research an academic function in addition to teaching. Now the emerging entrepreneurial university integrates economic development as an additional function. The capitalization of knowledge takes many different forms that are discussed in this article. Manuscript profile

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24 - Investigating and evaluating of different incubators models
Iman Mohammadian Khorasani Habibollah Asghari

ncubators assist emerging ventures by providing support services and assistance in developing their business. We map business incubators into four categories: Business Innovation Centers (BICs), University Business Incubators (UBIs), Independent Private Incubators (IPIs More

ncubators assist emerging ventures by providing support services and assistance in developing their business. We map business incubators into four categories: Business Innovation Centers (BICs), University Business Incubators (UBIs), Independent Private Incubators (IPIs) and Corporate Private Incubators (CPIs). We then argue that the variety of incubating organization is driven by the evolution of companies, requirements and needs, which encourage incubators to differentiate the range of services that they offer. We believe that differences in the way incubators run their business can be described by two main incubating models (model 1 and model 2), providing incubators with useful indications on how to position themselves strategically. We identify a list of incubator "characterizing" variable to highlight the main differences between the four types of incubators and to describe the incubating models. Manuscript profile

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25 - Study the Influences of organizational innovation and managerial innovation in companies' success (Case Study: knowledge based companies in Guilan Science and Technology Park)
Morteza Asadpour Mahnazz Kargar

10.7508/jstpi.2015.03.008

Nowadays,, innovation is considered the most important factors for economic growth. Innovation occurs, when an idea develops as a product, process or service. Innovation is also a management system in which, focuses on the organization mission, seeking exceptional oppor More

Nowadays,, innovation is considered the most important factors for economic growth. Innovation occurs, when an idea develops as a product, process or service. Innovation is also a management system in which, focuses on the organization mission, seeking exceptional opportunities and determines if the direction of strategy is appropriate or not. Innovation makes clear success criteria and is looking for new opportunities.,on the other hand, development of knowledge based companies is one of important and effective strategies toward the realization of resistance economy and these companies have influential role in the development of knowledge based economy. In this study the Influences of organizational innovation and managerial innovation in the success rates of knowledge based companies have been investigated. The main goal of this research is the study of the effects of the organizational innovation and managerial innovation on the success rate of the knowledge based companies in guilan Science and Technology Park. Examine and describing the obtained data from questionnaires with using frequency indicators, the research hypothesis and the relationship between variables were performed with using Lisrel software. Studies indicate all thehypothesis were accepted and the theoretical model was confirmed. The results show that organizational innovationand managerial innovation have positive effects on the success of knowledge based companies, the results also indicate that organizational innovation have more indirect influence in companies’ssuccess through innovation intensity, furthermore, innovation intensity has the most influence in companies success rate. Manuscript profile

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26 - Assess an Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP) Applying by the Success of DeLone & McLean’s Model; Case Study: id IKCO
Anahita Safajoo Mahdi Rezaei Khatir Sajjad Shokohyar

10.7508/jstpi.2015.04.001

In today’s dynamic and competitive business environment which is rapidly changing, the development and deployment of modern information systems have received much attention by managers. The use of such systems has left a significant impact on facilitating the management More

In today’s dynamic and competitive business environment which is rapidly changing, the development and deployment of modern information systems have received much attention by managers. The use of such systems has left a significant impact on facilitating the management process. Thus, by providing the means of information production, process and distribution among different levels of management, managers have been enabled to monitor the flow of information in their organizations, relying on more knowledge to apply more determined and technical management. To achieve this goal, information systems have been paid due attention while organizations invest heavily in developing information systems. Therefore, it is vital to evaluate the success of information systems in order to understand their value and efficiency and justify the huge amount of investment made in the development of such systems. The present study was aimed at evaluating the success of information systems (Enterprise Resource Planning) in Iran Khodro Company using Delone and MacLean model. A questionnaire was designed based on six criteria including the quality of information, the quality of system, the quality of service, user satisfaction, the use of system and individual impact. The statistical society of research of 25000 people including managers, experts and employees in Iran Khodro car manufacturing company.379 samples were the required sample size, determined from the formula .The research in terms of objective is an applied research and in terms of methodology and implementation is the kind of descriptive analytic research with an emphasis on the correlation branch. First, the variables were described by statistical tables and indices using SPSS. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze data, test hypotheses and generalize the results to population using LISREL. The results of this research show that the acceptance of a system of information, especially from prospective of end users, arising from the ratio between the person and information systems. Finally, solutions have been provided to improve the refuted hypotheses. Manuscript profile

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27 - Identify and Clustering Challenges of knowledge-based Enterprises using ANN and BPMS Approaches; Case study: Yazd KBEs
Mojtaba GholiPour Mohammad Ali Vahdat Zad Mohammad Saleh Oliua Hasan Khademi Zareu

10.7508/jstpi.2015.04.006

Knowledge always is a powerful tool in stabilizing position of individual/community service to the public and excellence approach in current autonomous communities. Value of knowledge has been more necessary if it capable for transfer to the High-Tec and needed Technolo More

Knowledge always is a powerful tool in stabilizing position of individual/community service to the public and excellence approach in current autonomous communities. Value of knowledge has been more necessary if it capable for transfer to the High-Tec and needed Technologies of humanity societies. Knowledge Based Enterprise (KBE) is a real-law enterprise such as factory that transfer Knowledge to production/services. However KBEs are causing for sustainable knowledge economy and development native knowledge in more countries, but these enterprises havnt optimize occasion in view of quantity, production quality and service extensive according to the 20 years growth view of Iran. Purpose of this study is to identifying encounter challenges of KBEs that located on Yazds Science and Technology Park (STP) and clustering these challenges with ANN method exactly. The Samples contains 137 person such as manager and top employees of these enterprises. Number of reached challenges have been 59 that were attained from literature and experts guidelines were designed and distributed between samples suddenly. According to the PB artificial neural network, reliabilities of samples were confirmed with MSE=2.0332 and priority done with Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) artificial neural network and with inspiration of Business Process Management System (BPMS) approach. According to the BPMS approach and MLP method, Result show that challenges did cluster in three factions known as: management activities, operational activities and support activities. Thus, number of management, operational and support activities in order were 27, 15 and 17 items exactly. Manuscript profile

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28 - To Provide Risk Analysis Approach of Knowledge-based Firm Project by means of ANP-RFMEA Technique
Meysam Jafari Eskandari Leyla Alibeygi

10.7508/jstpi.2016.04.004

20.1001.1.17355486.1395.12.48.1.6

A firm which pays close attention to provide a new product and market attendance and innovation commercialization is introduced as a knowledge based firm. In such firms, since invest emphasizes on innovation and commercialization, so lack of attention to economy and mar More

A firm which pays close attention to provide a new product and market attendance and innovation commercialization is introduced as a knowledge based firm. In such firms, since invest emphasizes on innovation and commercialization, so lack of attention to economy and market risks may lead to a considerable damage to the firm. To do preventive measures toward reducing the risk effects and damages incurred by these firms, it is necessary to apply a powerful and significant method in identifying and real ranking of risks. To identify and prioritize the risk is considered as the most effective stages in risk management procedure. For this, in this research to analyze the risk of project in knowledge-based firms, a combination of RFMEA, ANP has been used, in which EMEA parameters are related in the form of a grid led to benefits and capabilities aggregation in the ANP-RFMEA method compared to FMEA. At first, the literature overview and studies in the literature domain, projects risks of knowledge based firms identified and provided the related experts by means of a verified questionnaire. Finally, its result is ranked and analyzed by the integrated approach of ANP-FMEA. Meanwhile, for the research and in order to reach a reliable result, all the ANP method stages is applied by means of SUPER DECISION software. At least, capabilities of the above mentioned compared to FMEA method is shown in risk ranking. Manuscript profile

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29 - Knowledge Intensive Firms DNA
Hosein RahmanSeresht Mohsen Zabihi Jam Khaneh

10.7508/jstpi.2017.01.001

20.1001.1.17355486.1395.13.49.1.1

Today's, business environment arestrongly influenced by theknowledge basedeconomy and the emergence of knowledge-intensive firms is common. The firms that focus on knowledge, technological innovation and its commercialization, and their main purpose is wealth creation a More

Today's, business environment arestrongly influenced by theknowledge basedeconomy and the emergence of knowledge-intensive firms is common. The firms that focus on knowledge, technological innovation and its commercialization, and their main purpose is wealth creation and entrepreneurship. No doubt these firms due to differences with other types of organizations, have their own problems and organizational gaps. Us of metaphors can help managers better understand the organization and reveals hidden aspects of it. Organizational DNA is a new metaphor which assumes that theorganization has a structure similar to a living organism. In this study knowledge-intensive firms in Tehran University Science and Technology Park (N=10, consisted of 102 employees) have been investigated. Research instrument was honold and silverman standard questionnaire and to analyze data, the analysis of variance and paired comparison test is used. The questionnaire consists of four dimensions: Leadership tasks and activities (includingmission, organizational structure and leadership style), management activities (including planning, team work and performance management), human resource performance (including employment, pay and training and staff development) organization daily activities (including decision-making, interpersonal relationships, processes of change and look to profit. The results indicated that the DNA of knowledge-intensivefirms in Tehran University Science and Technology Park is not similar to any of four types of DNA (Factual, Conceptual, Contextualized and Individual DNA) that Honold and silverman introduced, and Each of the dimensions is scattered in each of four types of DNA. Manuscript profile

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30 - The Role of Science and Technology Diplomacy in Solving Knowledge-based Firms Challenges
Mohammad Mahdi Zolfagharzadeh Mahdi Hajari Hosein Eftekhari

10.7508/jstpi.2016.04.001

20.1001.1.17355486.1395.12.48.2.7

In recent years, traditional economy replaced with knowledge-based economy in which knowledge, innovation and technology are key determinants of economic growth and wealth creation for countries. Knowledge-based firms which have important role on GDP growth and added va More

In recent years, traditional economy replaced with knowledge-based economy in which knowledge, innovation and technology are key determinants of economic growth and wealth creation for countries. Knowledge-based firms which have important role on GDP growth and added value for countries are known as heart of knowledge-based economy. Therefore, solving Knowledge-based firms challenges become more important in decision and policy making. On the other side, science and technology diplomacy is an emerging form of international diplomacy for facing with challenges which science and technology have important role on them. Science and technology diplomacy means using of science and technology capacities to achieve foreign policy objectives and using of diplomacy capacities to advance science and technology. In this study, knowledge-based economy characteristics’ are reviewed, and then knowledge-based firms challenges in terms of innovation system, weak research and development, disproportionate human resource development, inappropriate economic and commercial environment and sanctions are introduced based on library research. Then, based on latent capacity of science and technology diplomacy, numbers of solutions are presented. Manuscript profile

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31 - Designing Model For Prioritize And Selection Projects Portfolio in a Joint Stock Company Based on Analytic Network Process (ANP)
کبری يزدانی Hossein Ali Hassan pour

10.7508/jstpi.2018.01.006

20.1001.1.17355486.1396.14.53.1.6

Established large companies always need a lot of costs that are not met, therefore, the creation of joint stock companies is an effective method for doing business. In addition, changes in the business environment makes companies to move forward and requires that they b More

Established large companies always need a lot of costs that are not met, therefore, the creation of joint stock companies is an effective method for doing business. In addition, changes in the business environment makes companies to move forward and requires that they become associated with these changes. This requires an effective strategy and considering the fact that many of the strategies are not entered into the implementation phase, portfolio management as a new model of management to implement strategies to help companies comes to mind. In this paper, using literature review and study framework and using interviews and questionnaires, the model is designed for a Joint Stock Company. This includes : strategic plan portfolio, defined portfolio, strategic change management, network structure portfolio, prioritize and select projects based on ANP, measuring earned value project portfolio, collection and delivery information stakeholders confirmed the basket by stakeholders, ratification and implementation of the project portfolio, portfolio monitoring and feedback ". The validity and reliability of the proposed model by collecting 14 questionnaires and Cronbach's alpha coefficient formula and the carcass is proved. In this paper, a field study is conducted in a Joint Stock Company. The criteria necessary for prioritizing and selecting projects that include criteria of economic profit and human resources as well as criteria related to social aspects were extracted and using network analysis process, the selected projects were prioritized based on criteria. The reliability and validity research using Cronbach's alpha formula and carcass were examined. Manuscript profile

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32 - Identify and Prioritize Science Parks and Technology Services Offered to Companies Active in the Field of Software Technologies
Saeed Shavalpour Sadegh HosseinZadeh Maleki Mehdi Ghafori Fard Mir Saman Pishvaee

10.7508/jstpi.2017.02.002

20.1001.1.17355486.1396.13.50.1.7

Formation of science and technology parks in Iran dates back to more than two decades. However, there are numerous challenges for the mission defined for them; parks cannot significantly give services to companies operating in the country's soft-technology. One of the c More

Formation of science and technology parks in Iran dates back to more than two decades. However, there are numerous challenges for the mission defined for them; parks cannot significantly give services to companies operating in the country's soft-technology. One of the challenges that science and technology parks in the country are facing is a certain criteria to determine optimum services provided for development of companies operating in the field of software technology. Hence, this research has been trying to examine the various models of science and technology parks global software as well as field study, the opinions of some activists inside the arena, proposals for boosting and developing science and technology and services parks aimed at expanding and upgrading small and medium-sized interpreneurship in the field of software technologies. The process of this study includes reviewing the resources as well as qualitative non-constructive interviews to collect information and also to wrap up the research method of fuzzy decision-making. The results of the present study suggests that basic services, such as low-interest loans, endangers promoting and developing companies, transfer of experience required for companies, including a market analysis and demographic characteristics of their needs for development and success of these companies Manuscript profile

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33 - Identification and Priorities KBEs Challenges using ANN Method (Case study: Yazds KBEs)
Mojtaba GholiPour Mohammad Ali Vahdat Zad Mohammad Saleh Oliua Hasan Khademi Zareu

10.7508/jstpi.2016.01.003

The role of knowledge and science are paid attention in national development because creating expertise and improving the Total factor productivity of production. Furthermore, the position of technology and knowledge is considered vital as endogenous factors in this dev More

The role of knowledge and science are paid attention in national development because creating expertise and improving the Total factor productivity of production. Furthermore, the position of technology and knowledge is considered vital as endogenous factors in this development process. On the other hand, the conversion of knowledge into product and service will meet the needs of different communities. Knowledge-based companies are included as institutions that work as factories converting knowledge into product and service. Although, knowledge-based companies create sustainable knowledge-based economy and development of indigenous knowledge in many countries, but in accordance with the country's 20-year outlook and in terms of quality and quantity, they are not in ideal situation and are faced with challenges in their own development process. This research aims at identifying challenges facing knowledge-based companies located in Yazd's Science and Technology Park of Eghbal and prioritizing these challenges using Artificial Neural Network. The case study includes 137 managers and senior staff of these companies. Fifty nine challenges obtained from related literatures and experts’ opinions have been compiled in a questionnare and distributed among target population. One hundred and twenty eight collected questionnairs were validated by BP Artificial Neural Network and confirmed with MSE=2.0332 and challenges were prioritized with Artificial Neural Networks Radial Basis Function. The research proved that 19 of 59 challenges were priority among which economic problems of the country, industry and domestic markets recession and government’s unbalanced support policies can be pointed out. Manuscript profile

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34 - The Study of the Affecting Factors of Knowledge Based Firms’ Growth and Success
Mahdieh Tari Mahmod Moradi Mostafa Ebrahim pour Azbary

10.7508/jstpi.2016.01.005

Nowadays, according to development of academic research in the field of high technologies, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in stimulating entrepreneurial growth and economic prosperity. So it is necessary to answer the question that what factors More

Nowadays, according to development of academic research in the field of high technologies, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in stimulating entrepreneurial growth and economic prosperity. So it is necessary to answer the question that what factors causes this firms growth and success. The main purpose of this study is identifying the affecting factors of knowledge based firms growth and success by use of qualitative study. In terms of purpose, this study is practical and the analytical methodology was used. For this purpose semi-structured interview by using thematic analyzing is conducted. Experts whom interviewed are 20 executive managers of top and successful knowledge based firms located in Isfahan Science and Technology Town (ISTT) (Sheikh Bahai) in the last three years. The review of literature, and the results of interviews showed 3main themes that classify the affecting factors of knowledge based firms growth and success to 3 levels: individual, organizational and environmental. Based on the results, it seems that government and environmental conditions play a more important role in providing appropriate context for knowledge based firms’ growth and success. According to the interviews, view government and environmental conditions has main role in success and durability of knowledge based firms and spin-offs. Finally, based on the results, referring to existing shortcomings in the field of this firm’s activity and the main emphases of the experts, the necessary considerations for effective factors reinforcement has provided. Manuscript profile

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35 - Analysis of Start-ups Based on the Achievements of Academic Research from the Perspective of Resource-Based Approach
Amin Pazhohesh Jahromy Javad Pour Karimy Yaughob Entezary Amir Naser Akhavan

10.7508/jstpi.2016.02.003

The aim of this study is to analyze the achievements of university-based start-ups using resource-based approach and answers the question of why are some academic start-ups more competitive and may have greater survival. Academic entrepreneurs are involved in the early More

The aim of this study is to analyze the achievements of university-based start-ups using resource-based approach and answers the question of why are some academic start-ups more competitive and may have greater survival. Academic entrepreneurs are involved in the early stages of business creation, with a decision on the funding crisis facing. The study of important factors decline young companies, often leads to a lack of resources in the early years of formation. The Awareness about the relationship between resources and their role on survival of academic research-based companies in the early years is critical. This article seeks to identify the relationship that leads to more accurately understand the phenomenon of the commercialization of academic research achievements. Since the structure of start-ups based on the achievements of academic research is not something different from the structure of other start-ups and one of three forms of service oriented, Product oriented and Intellectual asset oriented start-ups, the research using library research (Meta-synthesis), concludes that access to human resources and technology and enterprise resource scarcity on campus, explain the success of academic Service oriented and Intellectual asset oriented start-ups and the failure of Product oriented firms. This led to the establishment of academic Service oriented and Intellectual asset oriented start-ups. Manuscript profile

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36 - Marketing in Technological Small and Medium sized Companies; Challenges and Solutions
Nargess Khanderoo Tooraj sadeghi Gholamreza Malekzadeh

10.7508/jstpi.2015.03.004

Development of successful strategic marketing programs for the commercialization of new technology represents a challenge for small and medium sized technology-based firms. The mechanics of developing successful marketing strategies for technological innovations is a co More

Development of successful strategic marketing programs for the commercialization of new technology represents a challenge for small and medium sized technology-based firms. The mechanics of developing successful marketing strategies for technological innovations is a complex process from design to implementation. Technology-based SMEs play an important role in facilitating the ‘knowledge-based’ or ‘smart’ economies. However, technological superiority is not a guarantee for the success of a high-tech SMEs. Instead, the odds of success are maximized by a combination of technology superiority and marketing capability. In this paper, the characteristic of technology-oriented small and medium enterprises have examined according to the published key studies in the field of small and medium sized companies, the factors and barriers to the success of the companies mentioned briefly and given that marketing has been diagnosed as one of the success factors of technology-based small and medium enterprises, we reviewed the challenges and solutions of technology marketing to remind the managers of these companies that the success of a pure technology will not ensure the success of the company and marketing as one of the key elements and critical component of the success of technology-based small and medium enterprises should be a priority in their activities. Manuscript profile

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37 - Suggest a Model for the Academic Humanities Spin off Incubators, Move to the Fourth Generation University
Taraneh Enayati Alireza Aulipour

Experts believe the academic humanities is the platform of all sciences in any countries. Therefore, the academic humanities should provide development platforms before experiential and technical sciences. The movement from training-based universities to entrepreneur-ba More

Experts believe the academic humanities is the platform of all sciences in any countries. Therefore, the academic humanities should provide development platforms before experiential and technical sciences. The movement from training-based universities to entrepreneur-based universities was based on turning theory to practice and knowledge commercialization, which led to the creation of incubators and university spin off enterprises. But something which was neglected was the status of the humanities in the incubators and university spin off enterprises. This paper is a qualitative study which the researchers studied the records, information on the database and interviewed with the experts from the Science and Technology Parks and Incubators. Open and in-depth interviewing method was applied to describe challenges and problems for knowledge commercialization in the field of the academic humanities. In the end, The researchers suggest a model for humanities’ spin off enterprises by considering software technology, in order to move in the post post-modern world and localization of humanities and move towards the creation of a fourth generation university. Manuscript profile

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38 - Identifying Effective Critical Success Factors in Electronic Supply Chain Management (Case study: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)
morteza jabale Sajad Ranjkesh Mohammad Reza Ghiasy Hossein Ali Hassan pour

10.7508/jstpi.2016.03.004

Electronic supply chain management (e-SCM) is one of the competitive industrial fields of the country. Availability of Internet network and information in supply chain management, gives the capability and competitiveness to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and More

Electronic supply chain management (e-SCM) is one of the competitive industrial fields of the country. Availability of Internet network and information in supply chain management, gives the capability and competitiveness to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and also helps them for resilience in today`s competitions. Electronic supply chain management plays an important role in improving supply chain factors, information authenticity, reducing bullwhip effect and delivering products to the customers in right time and right place with high speed and accuracy. Attending to these factors can be helpful in making suitable decisions to promote enterprise by managers. The goals of this paper is to identifying effective critical success factors in electronic supply chain management and survey their effects on e-SCM implementation in small and medium-sized enterprises. To achieve this goal, thirteen questions has been developed and a multi-variable linear regression technique in SPSS used for analyzing questionnaire. A Multi regression analyses a dependent variable, which linearly relates to some independent controlled variables. Independent variables Xk are critical sub-factors for main factors and dependent variable Y indicate implementation of electronic supply chain management. Result analysis shows that four critical success factors are the most important factors playing role in e-SCM implementation in small and medium-sized enterprises, which are supporting of capacity of supplier, organizational scale, compatibility of e-SCM and CEO’s creative level. Management by focusing on four factors will make to improvement and forward upgrades in future. Manuscript profile

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39 - The Effect of Environmental Pressure on the Firm Performance With an Emphasis on Green Technology Selection (Case Study: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Chemical Paint Production)
hamid azizmohamadlou sepide mohamadnejad madardi

10.7508/jstpi.2017.01.005

20.1001.1.17355486.1395.13.49.6.6

Firm performance is one of the most important criteria for evaluating their success . Given the fact that in recent decades concerns about the environment have increased , small and medium - sized enterprises should implement methods to improve their performance in this More

Firm performance is one of the most important criteria for evaluating their success . Given the fact that in recent decades concerns about the environment have increased , small and medium - sized enterprises should implement methods to improve their performance in this area. One of the methods is selection and deployment of green technologies . his concept has grown in recent years and many organizations have used it as an environmental strategy. Considering the fact that the most important issue for any organization is to improve revenue and profitability , green technology can take an important step in this direction by reducing energy consumption, waste reduction and increase in efficiency. The purpose of this work is to investigate the effect of environmental pressure on the firm performance with an emphasis on selection of green technology. Data are collected through the questionnaire and 75 samples from managers of small and medium-sized enterprises of chemical paint production . For testing the conceptual model , structural equation modeling based on partial least squares method is used . The results of this research show that pressure of macroeconomic circumstances has the most influence on the selection of the green technology , hence improving the environmental performance leads to growth in firm performance. It is anticipated with increasing the pressure of macroeconomic circumstance and government support , industries have tendency to selection of green technology. Manuscript profile

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40 - Survey of Factors affecting the development of knowledge-based companies, Using the Analytic Hierarchy, Case Study technology park of Tehran
Elham Amini Mohammad BaniAsadi Mehrdad Hatami Hosein Vahidi

10.7508/jstpi.2016.04.003

20.1001.1.17355486.1395.12.48.5.0

A modern economy is knowledge-based economy in which the production, distribution and use of knowledge is the main source of growth and wealth creation. Knowledge-based companies are the engine of this system. This study was conducted to survey of factors affecting the More

A modern economy is knowledge-based economy in which the production, distribution and use of knowledge is the main source of growth and wealth creation. Knowledge-based companies are the engine of this system. This study was conducted to survey of factors affecting the development of these companies. For this purpose, surveys of target groups, including corporate executives and experts from the Ministry of Health is done and to rate the Analytic Hierarchy Process is used. AHP technique is widely used in various fields such as multi-criteria decision assessment, planning, decision-making and forecasting has been used. For this purpose, eight important factors have been investigated, include technological factors, social, market conditions, political, administrative, economic, legal and environmental and compared comments of two groups. As is clear from the results, All factors (technology, management, marketing, economics, law, politics, society and environment) in terms of both the target group had effect on the development of knowledge-based companies. Indicators of technology, economics and law (in order of preference) from the perspective of firm managers are three major factors affecting. Standards of environmental, social and policy choices are at least important. The ministry experts have considered issues of management as key factor. Manuscript profile

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41 - Ranking Efective Dimension and Indexes on Innovation Management in Power House Equipment Industry and Providing Energy
Abass Khamse Mohammad Hasan Nasermeli Ali Ramezani

10.7508/jstpi.2016.04.007

20.1001.1.17355486.1395.12.48.7.2

Innovation is full of risk naturally and even developed company couldn’t do that non limitation risk. Innovation management has inter several elements such as kind and distributing organization management, financial resources, staff ability and …that is influenced in th More

Innovation is full of risk naturally and even developed company couldn’t do that non limitation risk. Innovation management has inter several elements such as kind and distributing organization management, financial resources, staff ability and …that is influenced in that performance that after recognizing elements and influenced index on innovation management, help to determine priority and ranking this elements of managers in programming and make to decrease cost and risk of innovation activities.so in this project as a sample of project in engineering company and constructing Pars Mapna generator is done and 55 influences index on innovation management in eight dimension: is characterized in financial elements , management, organization , researching , human , cultural, external and systematic elements and then is studied according to influences value on innovation management in Pars Mapna company with each of this index and the value of ranking and priority is determined . According to its results human, management and cultural elements is in a suitable position and other elements means financial, organization, external, systematic and searching is in a unsuitable position. Also among index, index of organization leadership method, the value of Also among indexes, index of organization management method, the value of organizing supporting from creative staffs, supporting from management from innovation have the highest priority and existing index such as scientific resources, transferring implied knowledge to clear knowledge, development of new product, cooperation with providing and university center and technical innovation have the lowest priority. Manuscript profile

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42 - Identifying and Ranking Key Factors of Success in Knowledge Management in Knowledge-Based Companies (Case Study: Science and Technology Park in Tehran University)
naser safaei fereshte thaleghani Ahmad Kiamanesh

10.7508/jstpi.2017.02.003

20.1001.1.17355486.1396.13.50.5.1

Today, knowledge- based companies as a key option to produce wealth in developing countries is responsible for explaining and modeling research and development processes and significantly contributes to diffusion innovation in industry. In fact, knowledge-based companie More

Today, knowledge- based companies as a key option to produce wealth in developing countries is responsible for explaining and modeling research and development processes and significantly contributes to diffusion innovation in industry. In fact, knowledge-based companies are considered important components of resistance economy and its realization. Its growth and development could bring in to resistance against economical invasions. Hence, identifying and ranking factors effecting implementation of knowledge management in such companies is research necessity which is discussed the current research. Now, there are 33 science and technology parks and over 2700 knowledge-based company in parks. Questionnaires are distributed among 70 knowledge-based companies in science and technology Park of Tehran University as the second superior park in country. In the current research, case study and field-data collection are used. Questionnaire is designed using Likert technique and it consists in 3 major factors, organization, human resource, and information technology, and 11 following criteria: objectives and perspectives, leadership, executives, application, software, infrastructure, organizational culture, financial and non-financial incentives, modeling and evaluating. Analyzing information, Cronbach's alpha 0.78 was obtained and using Freidman test and T-test. Among factors effecting successful implementation knowledge management, one can refer to objects and organizational respective as the most important factor and financial incentives as the lowest important factor. This conclusion is reasonable according to nature of knowledge –based companies. Manuscript profile

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43 - The Role of Marketing in SMEs based in East Azarbaijan Province Science and Technology Park
Hossein Abbasi Esfanjani Ommolbanin Asadi Ghorbani

10.7508/jstpi.2017.04.008

20.1001.1.17355486.1396.13.52.5.5

In many countries, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), especially enterprises in science and technology parks act as economic engine and marketing is an important activity in these businesses. But, understand marketing, functions, role and importance of it by man More

In many countries, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), especially enterprises in science and technology parks act as economic engine and marketing is an important activity in these businesses. But, understand marketing, functions, role and importance of it by managers / owners of these enterprises and also the questions raised barriers that must be answered to it. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the role of marketing in small and medium enterprises based in East Azarbaijan Province Science and Technology Park has been done. To achieve the research objectives of qualitative approach and case study method was used. The study population consisted of managers / owners of enterprises based in East Azarbaijan Province Science and Technology Park that is using purposive sampling method, 10 samples were selected. Initial data collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the inductive method was used. The results indicate that marketing as a set of activities and measures that are used in large companies, particularly in the studied companies were not understood. However, word of mouth marketing communication, understanding customer needs and having long-term interaction and relationship with the customer was the most important marketing activities and actions that had the most significant role in the growth and survival of them. Most interviewees focus on the daily execution of some tasks limited marketing and implementation of a comprehensive marketing plan for, the expertise and financial resources were not sufficient. Manuscript profile

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44 - The role of market and entrepreneurship orientation on the successof new product development
zeinab esfandyari mohammad javad naeiji

10.7508/jstpi.2017.04.001

20.1001.1.17355486.1396.13.52.7.7

This article examines the relationship between company orientation(entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation), internal control systems and new product development. Different researches results provide valuable insights on the role of the company orientation More

This article examines the relationship between company orientation(entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation), internal control systems and new product development. Different researches results provide valuable insights on the role of the company orientation in New Product development. Entrepreneurial orientation helps the companies to have personal control in order to have great improvement in new product development activities .on the other hand market orientation emphasis more in output control than personal control in new product development. Manages in firms that emphasize output controls are evaluated and rewarded on the basis of objective financial criteria. Personal control on the other hand, focuses on long-term performance rather than short term financial targets. Generally personal control requires more time and has a higher coordination cost than output control. In recent decades, companies consider new product as a source of competitive advantage and means of anticipating the competitors. Some marketing research have found the relationship between market orientation and new product development. The goal of market orientation is to satisfy current market needs, rather than to develop new products targeted at emerging new needs. Some researchers criticize market orientation ,They suggest that entrepreneurship orientation must replace with market orientation. Some researches focus on one of the orientation , on the other hand they ignore the role of internal control systems as a mediating variable . Therefore we survey this subject completely. This study in terms of methodology is descriptive correlation. Manuscript profile

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45 - A Review of Technological Entrepreneurship in the Field of Nano Technology
Morteza Rastegaran

10.7508/jstpi.2018.03.004

20.1001.1.17355486.1397.14.55.2.5

In today's world, increasing complexity and competition is one of the key features. Today's organizations and companies are active in a complex but dynamic environment, interacting with each other. It can be said that with the increasing growth of technology and the spe More

In today's world, increasing complexity and competition is one of the key features. Today's organizations and companies are active in a complex but dynamic environment, interacting with each other. It can be said that with the increasing growth of technology and the speed of technological growth, companies are forced to use adaptive and innovative strategies to remain competitive, to respond to rapid changes, environmental uncertainty and customer and market needs. Technological entrepreneurship is a new, interdisciplinary and growing field. In this research, first, theories related to the areas of entrepreneurship and technology are explored then a model of technological entrepreneurship is also presented as the "Paradon" model. This model consists of seven components: Technology Entrepreneur, Universities, Companies, Capital, Customers and Market, Government and Consultants. This technological entrepreneurship model can help researchers in future research, as well as governments and sectors that intend to develop and promote technological entrepreneurship. Since, Nanotechnology is one of the sciences that has made remarkable progress in the world and has helped human beings in the production of new products, the technological entrepreneurship in the field of nanotech, and the ways of commercializing and entering the market considering related tools and related activities, such as: branching, licensing, intellectual property, commercial sales and domestic development have been described. Manuscript profile

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46 - Identification and Evaluation of Effective Factors of Technology Transfer Using Fuzzy AHP Method (case study: Esfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Company)
Mohammad bagheri pebdeni sayyed mohammad reza davoodi

10.7508/jstpi.2018.01.008

20.1001.1.17355486.1396.14.53.8.3

In developed countries, technology transfer may be one of the solutions for the improvement or growth of economic or industrial sectors. However, the success of technology transfer significantly depends on the appropriate choice of technology from the appropriate resour More

In developed countries, technology transfer may be one of the solutions for the improvement or growth of economic or industrial sectors. However, the success of technology transfer significantly depends on the appropriate choice of technology from the appropriate resources.The aim of this study is to identify and evaluate the effective factors of technology transfer using fuzzy AHP method. Technology transfer can be helpful for this organization in market share and increasing return through innovation of products and better execution of processes, methods of increasing productivity and effectiveness, and this is beneficial to small and normal company’s with limited resources and sizes. In this paper, after reviewing the literature and using expert’s opinion, 24 effective factors is identified which are in 5 categories which includes is: relatively advantageous in financial conditions, advantage marketing and related forces, technical characteristics, juridical and supervision considerations and issues of directorial and guideline. Furthermore, fuzzy AHP method is used to rank the dimensions and structures of these effective factors. Due to the results, the most important criterion in the field of technology transfer of Esfahan’s mobarakeh steel company (MSC) and international organizations of subclasses of the main indicator is juridical and supervision considerations,of foreign investment and based on this the technical use and financing from international organizations and cooperative organizations that have laws about cooperation for improving the environment have an important role in technology transfer. Manuscript profile

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47 - Identification and Analysis of the Main Strategic Components Affecting the Failure of Knowledge-Based Companies in Iran (The Case Study: Technology and Science Park of Kermanshah City)
Donya Gholami Ali Ramezani

10.7508/jstpi.2019.01.008

20.1001.1.17355486.1397.15.57.3.3

It is more than one decade that Iran is trying to get away from Oil economy and approaching to the knowledge-based economy. The government tries to close the university to industry by setting up the technology and science parks. It tries to promote the new technologies More

It is more than one decade that Iran is trying to get away from Oil economy and approaching to the knowledge-based economy. The government tries to close the university to industry by setting up the technology and science parks. It tries to promote the new technologies by supporting start-ups. Now, we are in a time that many of the start-up companies can grow and produce the Advanced Services and productions. But they have faced with a strategic challenge. This challenge is their problem about selling the products and Knowledge-based services. Indeed, the products and Knowledge-based services are faced with the problem of entry into the business. This research, tries to study the four factors that have the most influence in the failure of companies in sailing, exchanging, and Commercialization of their technologies. We discuss about these challenges and test them in a fieldwork. The results of our research show the reasons of their failure in business are the lack of government interference in facilitating the process of technology exchange, the lack of brand, distrust of industry and State organs and business to Knowledge-based products. Statistical Society is the active technology and science parks in Iran. This model was tested by the trivial squares minimum technique and Smart Plus software. Manuscript profile

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48 - The Impact of Corporate Identity on the Performance of Human Resource of Knowledge-based Companies (Case Study: Isfahan Science and Technology Town)
giti kazemi Mahmoud Rafie

10.7508/jstpi.2018.04.004

Today, knowledge-based companies are considered as key elements for domestic production in countries, and also they have responsibility for R & D modeling processing as well; Business development needs special skills and concerning the competitive environment and new id More

Today, knowledge-based companies are considered as key elements for domestic production in countries, and also they have responsibility for R & D modeling processing as well; Business development needs special skills and concerning the competitive environment and new idea of being k-based in the country, the companies have to develop their services and productions. Considering corporate identity as a strategic tool, it can affect greatly the identity of products and services and also offering them to the customers. Corporate identity help company enhance its efficiency and performance. This study was conducted with the aim to examine the effects of corporate identity on the functionality of Knowledge-based companies settled at Isfahan Science and Technology Town (ISTT). A descriptive correlation approach was used for this purpose. The statistical population contains 345 randomly chosen individuals attained by the use of Cochran’s formula from 850 personnel from knowledge-based companies settled at ISTT. In this study, Corporate Identity and Hersey and Goldsmith (1990) questionnaires were used that incorporated 42 items with 7 dimensions. Content validity was confirmed by the study supervisor and related experts in this field, and the formal validity was confirmed by several persons in the statistical population. The reliability of the questionnaire was tested by Cronbach's alpha coefficient yielding 0/818 for corporate identity and 0/881 for its functionality. The obtained result indicates that the questionnaire is reliable. A descriptive and inferential analysis was then applied to the collected data. The descriptive analysis included examination of obtained statistical properties including frequency, percentage, average, and standard deviation. The inferential analysis included statistical tests which were carried out for the structural equations used in proportion to their amount of data and hypothesizes.The results indicated that there exists a meaningful and positive correlation between corporate identity and the functionality of Knowledge-based companies settled at Isfahan Science and Technology Town (ISTT). Manuscript profile

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49 - The Role of Organizational Capabilities in Reducing Technological Risks and Improving the Market Performance of Knowledge Companies by Mediating role of Technology Intelligence
Mohammad hataminejad Mohsen Akbari Mostafa Ebrahim pour Azbary

10.52547/jstpi.20679.16.61.12

20.1001.1.17355486.1398.16.61.1.6

Nowadays knowledge-based companies are regarded as an important tool in economic development, and since in the current market, dynamic technological envirorments compel companies to seek smart and responsive solutions to this turbulent environment. The rapid rate of tec More

Nowadays knowledge-based companies are regarded as an important tool in economic development, and since in the current market, dynamic technological envirorments compel companies to seek smart and responsive solutions to this turbulent environment. The rapid rate of technological change puts knowledge-based companies at risk; therefore, in order to be efficient and effective in the field of technology, they must acquire the capabilities necessary for business product changes, materials, processes, and technologies. Organizational capabilities and technology intelligence are some of the tools that help companies adapt to technological environment. The purpose of this study is descriptive and the method of data gathering is, library and qualitative type based on content analysis. From the descriptive-analytical approach to content description and evaluation, 63 articles were selected that are closely related to the research topic and finally. According to the minimum number needed to generalize the results, according to experts and academic staff, 30 of the most relevant articles were analyzed as target community articles. In this study, qualitative content analysis method with summary approach was used. Organizing qualitative data in the analysis of this research has been done in three stages of initial coding, open coding and selective coding. the present study examines the role of organizational capabilities in reducing technological risk and knowledge based on knowledge and knowledge of knowledge - based businesses, examines the role of organizational capabilities in reducing technological risks and improving the market performance of knowledge firms by mediating the more efficient and developing competition and improving the new products and services. Manuscript profile

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50 - Prioritizing and Analyzing Effective Criteria on the Performance of Knowledge-based Organizations with knowledge management Approach (Case Study: Growth Centers and Science and Technology Parks in Tehran)
naser safaei Fatemeh Gholamian fereshte thaleghani

10.7508/jstpi.2019.01.003

20.1001.1.17355486.1397.15.57.6.6

Today, the success of organizations is based on the strategic management of knowledge. Implementing knowledge management systems faces challenges that will cause the inefficiency of knowledge management in organizations. Hence, identification and rating the effective fa More

Today, the success of organizations is based on the strategic management of knowledge. Implementing knowledge management systems faces challenges that will cause the inefficiency of knowledge management in organizations. Hence, identification and rating the effective factors in the successful implementation of knowledge management is one of the essential requirements of knowledge management that was discussed in the current research. Currently, 7 science and technology parks and 1,400 knowledge-based companies in parks are located in Tehran. In the current research, companies located in growth centers and science and technology parks in Tehran were studied. Questionnaire was distributed among 140 knowledge-based companies that they returned 110 questionnaires. In the current research, case study methods and data collection in fieldwork were used. To measure the variables of the research, the instrument of questionnaire using the Likert method was utilized that includes three main factors of the organization, human resources and information technology and 11 criteria as follows: Objects and perspectives, leadership and strategy, knowledge management cycle, application, software, infrastructure, organizational culture and atmosphere, creating financial motivation, encouraging employee morale, benchmarking the best things and performance management. Reliability of the questionnaire, 0.78, was obtained using Cronbach's alpha. Friedman and one sample T-test and fitness of model were studied respectively using SPSS software and LISREL software. As a result, objects and perspectives of the organization can be considered as the most important criterion, and we can refer to the information technology software as the least important criterion. Manuscript profile

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51 - A Fuzzy Decision Support System For Scoring Suggestions (Case Study: Fars Regional Electric Company)
Mohammad salehi

10.52547/jstpi.20695.15.59.37

20.1001.1.17355486.1398.15.59.5.3

Fars Regional Electric Company is one of 16 regional energy companies in the country, which is responsible for managing power transmission in the provinces of Fars and Bushehr. The company uses a variety of management systems to promote its offering of services, which i More

Fars Regional Electric Company is one of 16 regional energy companies in the country, which is responsible for managing power transmission in the provinces of Fars and Bushehr. The company uses a variety of management systems to promote its offering of services, which is one of these systems Suggestion System. In accordance with the executive procedure of the admission, examination and implementation system of the Suggestion System, each stage of acceptance and implementation of the Suggestion is also intended to reward the position of thought. The reward of each offer is proportional to the score that it receives after approval by its specialized committee. In order to standardize the scoring for each suggestion, indicators and criteria are also included in the company's method of implementation, which is categorized in three areas of technical, non-technical and financial criteria. Given the lack of tools for calculating indices, each index must first be described and then converted into a number as a score. In this paper, while introducing the Fars Regional Electric Company, the position of the Suggestion System and the current scoring method for any Suggestion in this company, using a fuzzy inference, Using the various criteria of each Suggestion, system suggest a total score for each suggestion is close to expert opinion. The results of using this system indicate that the decision quality in the allocation of score to each Suggestion is increased and the rules in the system fuzzy inference engine provide a better score. Manuscript profile

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52 - Determine Eligibility Criteria and Evaluate the Qualitative Dimension of Mentors in Knowledge Enterprises in Isfahan Province's Scientific and Research Community
Mahdieh mahdikhani Morteza rasti bozorki

10.52547/jstpi.20765.15.60.1

20.1001.1.17355486.1398.15.60.5.5

Today's organizations operate in a completely challengeable and complex environment. Moreover, they are constantly trying to adopt new approaches to the development, preservation and maintenance of human resources as the most important organizational capital in order to More

Today's organizations operate in a completely challengeable and complex environment. Moreover, they are constantly trying to adopt new approaches to the development, preservation and maintenance of human resources as the most important organizational capital in order to remain competitive. Mentoring is the art of facilitating the implementation of activities, the process of learning and personal development. In other words, mentoring can be defined as a technique which provides a new approach for organizations in order to conduct human resource in a conventional manner to attain the organization’s goal. The purpose of this study is to investigate the mentoring approach and to evaluate the qualitative dimension of mentors in Isfahan Province's scientific and research community. For evaluating the mentors, at first, the protocols related to the assessment and prioritization of values were given to the mentors in order to define the most important factors based on their responses. Based on their opinions and the most significant factors, a questionnaire was developed and the approach was conducted in a sample of 20 manufacturing-service companies in Isfahan. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were verified. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data, and also the SPSS was used to perform statistical tests. The obtained results prove that the mentors have generally performed at a moderate and good level in the framework of the mentoring approach. According to the single-group t-test, most of the defined factors are convenient in mentors’ performance evaluation in a negligible difference. Manuscript profile

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53 - Cloud Computing Technology in the Management of Human Resources for Small and Medium Enterprises - Applications, Advantages and Challenges
Mona Kardani malekinezhad Mohammad Mahdi Farahi

10.52547/jstpi.20774.15.60.50

20.1001.1.17355486.1398.15.60.6.6

In recent years, the advent of cloud computing has brought significant advances in the IT industry, and business management. One of the most important advantages of this technology is its reduced cost and the ability to seamlessly manage resources without the need for c More

In recent years, the advent of cloud computing has brought significant advances in the IT industry, and business management. One of the most important advantages of this technology is its reduced cost and the ability to seamlessly manage resources without the need for costly deployment of multiple infrastructures and software, and is thus widely used in the deployment of management systems and systems in organizations. Cloud computing technology has also been widely used in human resource management systems. In many cases the implementation and deployment of multiple HRM systems and software, especially for small and medium-sized organizations, entails numerous costs. Cloud computing technology is a tool that allows organizations to form and manage management systems, including their own human resource management systems, in a seamless, low-cost cloud environment. The purpose of this study is to explore the applications, advantages and challenges of cloud computing technology in human resource management, and its implementation requirements especially in small and medium enterprises. The study was carried out through library method and literature review. And it has attempted to review how literature and the requirements of cloud computing are applied in human resource management by reviewing literature and research in this area. Based on the findings of this study, the applications of cloud computing in human resource management systems in SMEs are widespread. This technology can be used in talent recruitment, training and development of human resources, compensation management systems, and human resource management and evaluation. Also, the advantages and challenges of this technology in human resource management of small and medium-sized enterprises can be categorized into two general categories, including internal and external factors. Internal advantages and challenges include technical, security, human, and financial factors, and external factors include environmental and legal factors. The applications and advantages and challenges of this technology are described in detail in the HRM systems of SMEs. The findings of this study can serve as a basis for companies and organizations to manage small organizations using and utilizing cloud computing technology in human resource management systems. Manuscript profile

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54 - Organizational Competitiveness Model with an Emphasis on Marketing Capabilities and Organizational Innovation in Knowlege-based Companies
Seyed Mohammad Tabataba'i-Nasab Farzaneh dashti khavidaki Roghayeh Mohammadian Yazd

10.52547/jstpi.20785.16.62.23

20.1001.1.17355486.1399.16.62.1.2

Constant environmental changes threaten the survival of organizations in various forms. Competitiveness is a key criterion for assessing the degree of success of countries, industries and firms in the competitive, political, economic and commercial fields, which means t More

Constant environmental changes threaten the survival of organizations in various forms. Competitiveness is a key criterion for assessing the degree of success of countries, industries and firms in the competitive, political, economic and commercial fields, which means that any country, industry or firm with high competitive power in competitive markets, It can be said that it is more competitive. Higher organizational competitiveness is the goal that organizations take to take different measures to achieve it. Also, in the contemporary economy, knowledge is the basis of organizational competitiveness and the most important goals of any economic system are to achieve sustainable economic growth. Knowledge-based companies can play an important role in economic growth. It is true that innovation and competitiveness are their important features. In this research, an integrated model was provided to identify the effective factors of organizational competitiveness and take a step for increasing the recognition of the competitiveness of organizations. For this purpose, 100 questionnaires were distributed among knowledge-based companies in Yazd Science and Technology Park. Data analysis has been done by structural equations modeling, partial least squares method and PLS software. The results of the research show that there is a significant relationship between marketing capability and organizational competitiveness, as well as a significant relationship between organizational innovation capability and organizational competitiveness. The resalts revealed a significant relationship between market orientation and marketing capabilitiy. Further more, there is a significant relationship between core learning and organizational innovation capability. Manuscript profile

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55 - Investigation and the Role of Cloud Computing in Knowledge-based Companies in Iran
khatereh Esmaeeli ranjbar Mozhdeh Salajegheh

10.52547/jstpi.20801.16.62.60

20.1001.1.17355486.1399.16.62.3.4

Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most important discussed topics among Enterprise Information Technology (IT) professionals. Small and medium enterprises with low budget and limited human resources are one of the major groups that tend to use cloud computing fo More

Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most important discussed topics among Enterprise Information Technology (IT) professionals. Small and medium enterprises with low budget and limited human resources are one of the major groups that tend to use cloud computing for achieving the benefit of this technology. A multitude of factors influence the adoption of cloud computing in Knowledge-based companies. These decisive factors must be systematically evaluated before making the decision to adopt cloud-based solutions. The purpose of this study is to identify these factors and Ranking them and determine the extent to which they influence the adoption of cloud computing for Knowledge-based companies . Therefore, the project describes a research model that is based on the diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory and the technology, organization and environment (TOE) framework. Based on previous study, research model was developed to test Twelve (12) variables. Data was collected by survey questionnaires from a sample of 59 Small and medium enterprises that all of these enterprises were in The Knowledge-based companies. 59 experts and decision makers in information technology department from those Small and medium enterprises were selected to fill the questionnaires. The research methodology was descriptive- survey and SPSS software version 23, Minitab EDI 17 and EXCEL EDI 2013 were used for data analysis. In summary, the results of this research have shown that the innovation of IT decision makers and information intensity have significant influence on adoption of knowledge-based companies with cloud computing. Manuscript profile

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56 - The Impact of Essential Capabilities of Marketing on the Performance of Knowledge-Based Enterprises
majid namakian omid ali kahrizi

10.52547/jstpi.20803.16.63.42

20.1001.1.17355486.1399.16.63.2.5

Abstract Today, leading companies try to maximize their profitability by paying attention to important factors for their customers. This is the most important reason of their success and it is base on marketing. Therefore, the present research seeks to identify and prio More

Abstract Today, leading companies try to maximize their profitability by paying attention to important factors for their customers. This is the most important reason of their success and it is base on marketing. Therefore, the present research seeks to identify and prioritize the essential marketing capabilities on the performance of knowledge-based companies in a science and technology park. The current research is one of the descriptive-survey research in terms of implementations and data collection method. The statistical population of this study is 750 people and the sample is 254 employees and managers of knowledge-based companies in Kermanshah science and Technology Park. A researcher-made questionnaire was developed. Whose validity was confirmed by the professors and experts of the university and experts in the Science and Technology Park. The Cronbach Alpha value of the knowledge-based companies of 906/0 and the essential capabilities of marketing were all above 0.70, which indicates acceptable reliability. The results of Pearson correlation coefficient showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between marketing capabilities and performance of knowledge-based companies, and research variables with a 99% confidence level have a meaningful relationship and all relationships at error level 1 / 0 were verified. Further more, the results of regression showed that "services marketing", "Internet marketing" and "marketing of new products" affect the performance of knowledge-based companies. Finally, based on the results of Friedman test, the international marketing and export dimensions with the score of 7.61 have the highest impact and services and Internet marketing are in the next categories. Manuscript profile

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57 - Designing and Implementing of Technology Companies Performance Evaluation Model (Case Study of Technology Companies in Yazd Science and Technology Park)
Ali Haji Gholam Saryazdi

10.52547/jstpi.20844.16.64.1

20.1001.1.17355486.1399.16.64.5.0

Science and technology parks are institutions supporting technology companies. The performance evaluation of technology companies will help them to improve their performance and make the park supportive services more effective and helpful. Performance evaluation is one More

Science and technology parks are institutions supporting technology companies. The performance evaluation of technology companies will help them to improve their performance and make the park supportive services more effective and helpful. Performance evaluation is one of the most important priorities of Yazd Science and Technology Park. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to design and explain a performance evaluation model of technology companies in this Park and analyze the results of its implementation. The evaluation model of Park is based on various performance evaluation models and theories, as well as through brainstorming with park managers and technology companies. This model evaluates the technology companies in four areas: nature of the company, structure and human resources, main idea and technology, and market. The evaluation process is designed according to both quantitative (documents and non-confrontational??) and qualitative (face to - face interviews) indicators. Then, based on this model, information of technology companies are collected and analyzed by an evaluation system. The results of evaluation showed that although the status of companies is far from the park's expectations and goals, it is acceptable in comparison with the community (province and the average of country) in terms of the value-added of manpower and the cost of employment. Also, the analysis of the results represented the validity and comprehensiveness of the model in assessing technology companies. Manuscript profile

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58 - Extracting the Performance Indicators Based on BSC Model for SMEs Residing in Technology Incubators
Iman Shariat Reza Ghanbari Seyed Mousa Siadati Saed Sedigh

10.52547/jstpi.20894.17.65.35

20.1001.1.17355486.1399.17.65.5.5

Science and Technology Parks (STPs) and incubators, as major contributors to the economic development of the regional business enterprises, are committed to provide targeted support for entrepreneurs, improve manufacturing efficiency, and create economic growth in the c More

Science and Technology Parks (STPs) and incubators, as major contributors to the economic development of the regional business enterprises, are committed to provide targeted support for entrepreneurs, improve manufacturing efficiency, and create economic growth in the community. In order to improve the impact of these supports, STPs and incubators periodically evaluate the activities of residents and, after identifying strengths and weaknesses, provide services tailored to each company's needs. However, it is worthy to ask, what indicators should the evaluation system include that can reflect a true and more comprehensive picture of the company's condition with presenting the company's core needs to the incubator manager? Therefore, in this research some general models of performance evaluation have been reviewed, and because of the benefits of BSC model, especially its compatibility to manufacturing SMEs, this system has been used for the principle of the current study. Then, based on 17 years experience of Khorasan Science and Technology Park in unlocking the region's manufacturing potential, and the opinions of experts in other incubators in the country and around the world, 104 critical indicators have been identified in evaluating the manufacturing SMEs. These indicators also were ranked using U Mann Whitney and Friedman statistical tests. The results showed that the "customer and market" is more important than the other three perspectives in BSC model, and "Market research" and "CEO capability and expertise" are the most important indicators and sub-indicators, respectively. Manuscript profile

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59 - Analyzing the Ways of Cooperation Between Startups and Large Companies
mojtaba nahid mohamad hasan moghadesi

10.52547/jstpi.20900.17.65.1

20.1001.1.17355486.1399.17.65.6.6

Innovation is a necessary requirement for companies to gain and maintain competitive advantage. This is largely due to the rapid development of technologies. In order to survive in the competitive environment, large companies should also strive for innovation in differe More

Innovation is a necessary requirement for companies to gain and maintain competitive advantage. This is largely due to the rapid development of technologies. In order to survive in the competitive environment, large companies should also strive for innovation in different parts of their organization. Therefore, the issue of adaptability is particularly important in introducing the innovation model. It can be assumed that inter-company collaboration is increasingly important at different stages of business development and that large corporations are willing to engage with startups. This interaction allows start-ups to overcome the problems that emerge in the early stages of business development, and on the other hand, the influx of innovation for large corporations increases the competitive advantage against their rivals, to gain more market share. The purpose of this article is to analyze the methods of collaboration between large corporations and start-ups, especially to examine the needs of innovation in the economy. This partnership can take many forms, and this article reviews the different types of partnerships between large corporations and startups that relate to business acceleration activities, co-creation, co-branding, acquisition, acqui-hiring and open innovation. Finally, by examining each of these methods of cooperation, we conclude that cooperation in any way can be beneficial to both parties and there are important points that must be considered before and during the cooperation process, so that both companies can ultimately benefit from the relationship. Manuscript profile

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60 - Strategic Fit Between Innovation Strategies and the Performance of Knowledge-Based Businesses
Farshad Ghaderi Fariborz Rahimnia

10.52547/jstpi.20928.17.66.21

20.1001.1.17355486.1400.17.66.5.1

Paying attention to the position and role of knowledge-based companies in advancing the country's economic and social goals is very important. On the other hand, the issue of dynamism and market turbulence in today's markets makes it even more important to pay attention More

Paying attention to the position and role of knowledge-based companies in advancing the country's economic and social goals is very important. On the other hand, the issue of dynamism and market turbulence in today's markets makes it even more important to pay attention to these businesses. The knowledge-based companies are based on innovation in business. However, the turmoil in markets and competition makes it important to pay attention to the dimensions of innovation strategies in different environmental conditions, and the business of students who do not consider innovation in line with environmental conditions may fail in innovation and will not perform well. The aim of this study is to investigate the strategic relationship between innovation strategies and business performance with the role of moderating market turbulence and environmental dynamics. The statistical population of this study includes 115 knowledge-based companies in East Azerbaijan province. In order to analyze the data, structural equation modeling method was used and the hypotheses were analyzed using AMOS software. The results showed that product innovation and process strategy have a positive relationship with business performance. However, the modification test results showed that process innovation performs better in high environment dynamics and product innovation in high market turbulence. Manuscript profile

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61 - The Effect of Government Financial Support on Innovation of Knowledge-Based Firms: Based on Iran Innovation Survey Data
parisa sattari mohammadsadegh khayyatian yazdi farhad panahifar

10.52547/jstpi.20967.17.67.30

20.1001.1.17355486.1400.17.67.7.5

In today's world, the survival of every organization or company depends on its ability to compete with other organizations, and since innovation is one of the most important drivers of companies' competitiveness, is able to create dynamism, maintaining the survival of o More

In today's world, the survival of every organization or company depends on its ability to compete with other organizations, and since innovation is one of the most important drivers of companies' competitiveness, is able to create dynamism, maintaining the survival of organizations; On the other hand, one of the challenges for every organization to innovate is financing, and since governments around the world have programs to support the small and medium enterprises and knowledge-based, the purpose of this paper is investigating the impact of government financial supports on the innovation of knowledge-based firms. In order to analyze this issue, the data of Iran Innovation Survey from 2012 to 2014 has been used. The implementation of the National Innovation Survey Plan has been carried out by the Vice President for Science and Technology in order to promote innovative and technological capacities in the country and transfer to a knowledge-based economy. The number of knowledge-based firms in this period was 1300 firms, of which 306 firms were selected from a random sample. The method of the present study is modeling of structural equations based on variance. SPSS and PLS software were used to analyze the data. The research findings show that government financial support has a positive effect on the process, marketing, and organizational innovations of knowledge-based firms, while these conditions do not exist for product innovation. Manuscript profile

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62 - Analysis of the Effect of Brand Promotion on Human Resource Performance in Science and Technology Parks
Dariush Poursarrajian Mohammad Saeed Taslimi Alinaghi Mashayekhi Ali Haji Gholam Saryazdi Mojgan Soltani

10.52547/jstpi.20990.18.70.1

20.1001.1.17355486.1401.18.70.1.2

In the present age, intangible assets such as branding, quality, technology, innovation, creativity, and knowledge capital are the source of organizations' competitive advantage. Organizations need to be able to create the right mental image of themselves in the minds o More

In the present age, intangible assets such as branding, quality, technology, innovation, creativity, and knowledge capital are the source of organizations' competitive advantage. Organizations need to be able to create the right mental image of themselves in the minds of their community, customers, and employees to attract and retain motivated, committed, and talented human resources. Given the importance of this issue in science and technology parks as technology and knowledge-based institution, whose most important assets are knowledgeable people, this article seeks to use the system dynamics approach of dynamic relationships of brand promotion policy on human resource performance in the park. Examine science and technology and provide appropriate solutions to improve the structure, quality, and quantity at the level of parks and ultimately improve the performance of science and technology parks. In this regard, using the opinions of experts in in-depth interviews in group model building (GMB) sessions, the problem was explained and a dynamic hypothesis was developed and a qualitative model (cause and effect diagrams - CLDs) and a quantitative model (stock and flow diagram - SFD) were developed. The results of group modeling in this paper lead to the identification of three strategies to increase agility and performance flexibility through the development of revenue sources, development of national and international science and technology parks, development of communications, and the scope of influence and development of specialized institutions, Technology, and communication with industry/market. Manuscript profile

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63 - Designing a Structural Interpretive Analysis Model for Factors Affecting the Formation of Knowledge-Based Companies
milad bakhsham nader naderi mahdi hossein pour

10.52547/jstpi.20992.18.70.23

20.1001.1.17355486.1401.18.70.2.3

Today, the most sustainable economic growth is related to the knowledge based economy, in which knowledge based companies play an important role in advancing its goals. The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the creation of knowled More

Today, the most sustainable economic growth is related to the knowledge based economy, in which knowledge based companies play an important role in advancing its goals. The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the creation of knowledge-based companies. The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of data collection. In order to prepare the data, first by reviewing the theoretical foundations and opinions of 21 experts as members of the Delphi panel, 30 factors were identified as effective factors in the creation of knowledge based companies. Experts and research specialists were the managers (owners) of knowledge based companies in Kermanshah province and experts in the field of business and entrepreneurship of Razi University who were selected by purposive sampling method according to indicators such as experience, expertise, willingness and ability to participate and availability. Data collection tool in Delphi method is a researcher-made questionnaire whose reliability was checked by retest method which was confirmed with a correlation coefficient of 0.70 of the questionnaire and in order to check the validity of the questionnaire, the content content validity coefficient was used. This criterion, each of the factors of the Delphi questionnaire was removed or confirmed. In order to analyze the data obtained from the Delphi method, which is 21 factors affecting the creation of knowledge based companies, the structural-interpretive modeling method was used. Finally, the results showed that the two factors of more attention of the government and universities to the technology transfer offices of universities and providing advice in the field of feasibility, future research and marketing for people wanting to start a knowledge-based company are at the key level of research factors. Manuscript profile

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64 - Designing a digital entrepreneurship model with an interpretive structural modeling approach
hossein alikhani alireza isfandyari parviz saeedi

10.52547/jstpi.21009.18.70.64

20.1001.1.17355486.1401.18.70.4.5

Entering the age that is common in the information society, entrepreneurship in the digital space as a new approach to starting businesses based on a new thinking and idea has found a prominent place among service and production activists. He was the founder of Mazandar More

Entering the age that is common in the information society, entrepreneurship in the digital space as a new approach to starting businesses based on a new thinking and idea has found a prominent place among service and production activists. He was the founder of Mazandaran province that structural and interpretive modeling method was used in designing this model. The research method was descriptive-correlational. According to the research background,39components were selected in the form of seven dimensions (structural-strategy-management-people-technology-content-environment).Then,the opinions of 20 university professors and managers of knowledge-based companies who were experts in the field of digital entrepreneurship were used. Interpretive structural modeling and MICMAC analysis were used to cluster the dimensions of digital entrepreneurship. ISM results showed that the foundation of digital entrepreneurship is first (structural-technological), second (managerial), third (strategy) and fourth (people-content-environmental). Also, after MICMAC analysis, the dimensions (structural-technology) in the independent cluster and the dimensions (individuals-content-environment) in the dependent cluster and the dimensions (strategy-management) in the autonomous cluster were included. Finally, it can be said that digital entrepreneurship is important not only for technology companies and IT sectors, but also for all industries. Manuscript profile

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65 - Providing a Model for Evaluating Knowledge Management Systems Using Balanced Scorecard at Pars Khodro Company
Behzad Hasani ٌRocxana Fekri

10.52547/jstpi.21036.18.71.55

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The purpose of this research is to identify and prioritize the criteria of knowledge management systems using BSC. The research method is descriptive-survey and the type of applied developmental research is Friedman and AHP ranking tracking method. Statistical populatio More

The purpose of this research is to identify and prioritize the criteria of knowledge management systems using BSC. The research method is descriptive-survey and the type of applied developmental research is Friedman and AHP ranking tracking method. Statistical population included all experts and top managers of Pars Khodro Company (157 people) and sample size was 111 people based on Cochran formula. Data were collected using a questionnaire designed by previous studies and expert opinions. Content validity index (CVR) was used to determine the validity of the questionnaire and Cranach’s alpha coefficient of 0.728 was used to determine its reliability. Data were analyzed using SPSS and EXPERT CHOICE statistical software. The results showed that: BSC's vision is financial, customer, growth and learning and internal processes respectively. From the financial point of view, the CEO's financial knowledge is the highest and avoidance of duplication of costs is the lowest, and from the customer's perspective, the highest priority is to improve the quality of customer service and the customer's least. And change in the system is the least important of the improvements, and lastly, the internal process view has the least degree of effectiveness of the system in achieving the most desirable organizational objectives and document size. Manuscript profile

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66 - Presenting a circular economy business model for knowledge-based companies
Fatemeh Shahdkar taghi torabi Fereydoon Rahnama Roodposhti

10.61186/jstpi.37987.19.75.33

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Circular economy is a valuable approach to achieving the concept of sustainability that promotes social equity, economic growth and development, and environmental protection. The main purpose of this study was to present a circular economy business model for knowledge-b More

Circular economy is a valuable approach to achieving the concept of sustainability that promotes social equity, economic growth and development, and environmental protection. The main purpose of this study was to present a circular economy business model for knowledge-based companies. In terms of purpose, this research is in the category of fundamental-developmental research, and in terms of subject and nature, the approach of qualitative research is exploratory, and grounded theory (systematic) was used. Data were collected through documentary sources (books, articles, dissertations) and semi-structured interviews with 15 academic and non-academic experts through purposeful theoretical sampling to saturate the required information and theoretical adequacy. The data were analyzed based on grounded theory in the framework of open-source, axial, and selective codes. The results of qualitative data analysis of the research, led to the presentation of the business model of circular economy with 124 categories, 17 central categories, and 6 main factors, in the form of 6 dimensions including causal conditions (2 categories), the main phenomenon (circular business model), Strategy (4 categories), contextual characteristics (5 categories), intervening conditions (2 categories) and consequence (4 categories). The model obtained from this research can be a way for stakeholders, planners, and managers of knowledge-based companies to produce and distribute goods and services in the present century. Manuscript profile

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67 - Identifying and Ranking Negotiable Items with Startups from Venture Capitalists' Perspective
Rahi Zandifar DANIAL DANA

10.61186/jstpi.39469.19.76.1

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Venture capital is a tool for funding innovative and knowledge-based companies. The degree of importance that venture capitalists place on negotiable items is one of the challenges associated with this type of investment. Furthermore, investors' flexibility is a crucial More

Venture capital is a tool for funding innovative and knowledge-based companies. The degree of importance that venture capitalists place on negotiable items is one of the challenges associated with this type of investment. Furthermore, investors' flexibility is a crucial component of the VC investment process. The purpose of this research was to identify and rank what venture capitalists consider negotiable with startups. For this purpose, the negotiable items were identified through a literature review and then the validity of the questionnaires was evaluated and approved by experts. Consequently, the data of 26 experts in the field of the venture capital industry in Iran is collected through two questionnaires on a 5-point Likert scale. Reliability was determined using Cronbach's alpha. Therefore, the research method was a descriptive survey based on the nature and data collection, and in terms of purpose, it was a practical development. Finally, the data were analyzed and ranked using multi-criteria decision-making algorithm (Shannon’s entropy and TOPSIS) based on the degree of importance and flexibility attributes. According to the findings of this study, these negotiable items fell into the descending order based on two criteria including importance and flexibility: preferred stock, board control (control rights), pro-rata rights, investment amount, valuation, performance indicator, liquidation preference rights, ownership stake, information rights, vesting, anti-dilution rights, tag-along rights, drag-along rights, option pool, dividends, participation rights, pay to play provisions and redemption rights (repurchase rights). Manuscript profile

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68 - Analysis of Factors Affecting the Success of Startups using Meta_Synthesis
maryam darvishi Parvaneh Alasvand Bakhtiarpour

start-up is a new business that offers an innovative solution to a problem; start-ups are an integral part of the transformation and evolution process in the expanding world market today. While there is no guarantee of success for this business through the proposed solu More

start-up is a new business that offers an innovative solution to a problem; start-ups are an integral part of the transformation and evolution process in the expanding world market today. While there is no guarantee of success for this business through the proposed solution. Many consider startups as a new culture for new ideas and creativity beyond existing ideas aimed at solving existing problems in key areas. The purpose of this research is to provide a comprehensive, pervasive, and integrated information model of the success factors of startups. To this end, by employing meta_synthesis approach in this research, the results and findings of previous researchers were analyzed, and by examining comprehensive studies on the success factors of startups in reputable domestic and foreign scientific bases, 52 articles on this subject were identified. The research results classified the success factors of startups into 6 main themes and 17 components. The main themes include: Strategy and Policy (business model management, goals and plans, vision and strategies), Innovation and Entrepreneurship (innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, dynamic entrepreneurial capacity, innovation and entrepreneurship culture), Service and Product Management (marketing and sales, customer satisfaction, quality and quantity of products, production methods), Resources (financial resources, human resources), Technology and Knowledge (knowledge management, technological infrastructure), and Technological Infrastructure (the role of government and relevant institutions, the role of financial institutions and investment, international environment), each of which is further elaborated with identified components. Manuscript profile

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