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1 - Developing Customer Knowledge Management Process Model Using Customer Relationship Management Systems
Maryam Ashoori Mona Sharif khani Mohammad Jafar Tarokh

In recent years, many companies have integrated the activities of customer relationship management with knowledge management together as one concept. In fact, the principal reason for the mentioned integration is that the knowledge management plays a key role in the cus More

In recent years, many companies have integrated the activities of customer relationship management with knowledge management together as one concept. In fact, the principal reason for the mentioned integration is that the knowledge management plays a key role in the customer relationship management. The potential of bilateral relationship between these two fields and also the critical function of knowledge management in success of customer relationship management, has attracted the attention of researchers to this matter recently. The term of “customer knowledge management” is the combination of knowledge management and customer relationship management. The customer knowledge management requires applying different approaches through considering wide variety of key variables in these fields. The considered key variables for each customer knowledge management model are different according to its model. Generally, many models have been presented for customer knowledge management, including conceptual, process and system model. In this paper, we intend to develop process model which achieved from combination of business engineering model, six business processes based on customer relationship management systems, and four aspects of knowledge management in principle business activities, namely marketing, sales and services. Manuscript profile

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2 - Cloud Computing- The Business Perspective: Appropriate Strategies to Eliminate or Decrease of Weaknesses and Threats
Maryam Ashoori Farid Khosh Alhan najme jooriyan

10.7508/jstpi.2015.02.004

Todays, Internet have been engulfed all aspects of our life. Cloud computing is the newest presenting of internet on the ubiquitous web. Cloud computing considered as a provider of host benefits and has addictive natural in information technology and Business world. Org More

Todays, Internet have been engulfed all aspects of our life. Cloud computing is the newest presenting of internet on the ubiquitous web. Cloud computing considered as a provider of host benefits and has addictive natural in information technology and Business world. Organizations need to search extra addiction and considering real value of compounding cloud in business. Establishing business on cloud needed deployment models and cloud services. Also we can receive greater services by spending lower costs. This research has studied cloud system and its components, the business perspective, which is starting organization's business on cloud needed. In addition, concepts of core technology and SWOT analysis of small and medium organizations and available challenges have been explained in the world of cloud. Then, this paper has presented suggestive strategies for converting weaknesses to strengths and threats to opportunity. The proposed strategies help decreasing-cost and increasing productivity in organizations and normal users. They cause to improve profitability in business that they related to cloud computing. Manuscript profile

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3 - 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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4 - Open Innovation; A Comprehensive View on Concepts, Approaches, Trends and Key Success Factors
Mostafa Safdari Ranjbar Manochehr Manteghi Gholamreza Tavakoli

In the past, the development and commercialization of an innovation process used to depend on intra-organizational think-tank and efforts. Today, however, Open Innovation paradigm calls companies to also tap into outside ideas and technologies and yet mutually allow oth More

In the past, the development and commercialization of an innovation process used to depend on intra-organizational think-tank and efforts. Today, however, Open Innovation paradigm calls companies to also tap into outside ideas and technologies and yet mutually allow other companies to exploit their innovative ideas. Open Innovation is a hot topic which has outstandingly drawn researchers' and managers' attention from various perspectives in the past few years. Therefore, reviewing on a case study basis, the topic's entire literature that comprises 70 papers, the current research paper aims to cover its concepts, approaches, major trends, and key success factors. To point to a few findings of the research, the paper dramatizes new and emerging perspectives and trends in the realm of Open Innovation, successes like external networking, innovation brokers, technology intelligence, absorption capacity, open business model, and human factors such as culture and motivation. The paper concludes that managers of companies and organizations should exploit Open Innovation as a solution to confront fast changing technological trends, short technology life cycles, high internal R&D costs, and sever global competition. Manuscript profile

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5 - Evaluation of International Property Rights Index in Iran and MENA Region
Saeed KiyanPour

10.7508/jstpi.2015.01.005

Today, access to more efficient private sector and improvement in business environment to provide the requisite context for active economic entrepreneurs' activity is considered as an economic strategy by different countries in the world. In this paper, we will study th More

Today, access to more efficient private sector and improvement in business environment to provide the requisite context for active economic entrepreneurs' activity is considered as an economic strategy by different countries in the world. In this paper, we will study the ownership rights in MENA (Middle East and North Africa). This index indicates that Emirates with a score of 6.9 in Index LP, Israel with a score of 7.3 in Index LPR and Bahrain with a score of 8.1 in Index PPR are ranked first. Also in overall IPRI Index Qatar with a score of 7.3 is in the first place and Iran with a score of 4.3 is considered one of the last countries. The reason of deterioration and drop of 0.1% in Iran is related to political stability. Generally, Iran has the worst performance in the areas of political stability and the protection of patent and copyright. Authority of statue and juridical independence do not change compared to previous year, while control of corruption has decreased slightly and physical ownership right with a score of 5.5 is the strongest index for Iran. Manuscript profile

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6 - 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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7 - A Model for Business Intelligence Systems Maturity in Iran
MohammadHosein Ronaghi Marziyeh Ronaghi

Business intelligence is a set of theories, methodologies, architectures and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes. BI as a discipline is made up of several related activities, including data mining, online ana More

Business intelligence is a set of theories, methodologies, architectures and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes. BI as a discipline is made up of several related activities, including data mining, online analytical processing, querying and reporting. Companies use BI to improve decision making, cut costs and identify new business opportunities. BI is more than just corporate reporting and more than a set of tools to coax data out of enterprise systems. With today’s BI tools, business folks can jump in and start analyzing data themselves, rather than wait for IT to run complex reports. Evaluating the effectiveness of Business intelligence system is vital to our understanding of the value and efficacy of management actions and investments. This research aims to explain and clarify the inter-relationships and the interaction effects among business intelligence systems maturity and other relevant factors such as information access quality and information content quality. We developed a model of business intelligence systems maturity based on the outcomes of previous researches and semi-structured interviews with experts in information technology. To examine the model a descriptive survey was applied. The survey sample population consisted of 100 randomly taken managers and IT managers who apply Business intelligence system in their companies, according to a cluster random sampling skim. An important part of the results revealed business intelligence systems maturity relates directly with information quality and use of information in business process. Manuscript profile

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8 - Enhancing Transfer Capacity and Capability of Commercializing Technological Achievements of Research and Technology Organizations by Establishing Business Development Centers
Reza Bandarian

The goal of conducting researches in Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) is for technological innovation to create new business opportunities, renovation or revolutionizing existing businesses. To do this, RTOs put the technological ideas in the path of technol More

The goal of conducting researches in Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) is for technological innovation to create new business opportunities, renovation or revolutionizing existing businesses. To do this, RTOs put the technological ideas in the path of technology development and commercialization. To move in this way successfully, the balanced and consistent "scientific-technical" as well as "commercial movement of technological ideas is required. One of the best patterns to balance the commercial evolution with the "scientific-technical" path, which are seen in successful and leading RTOs around the world is establishing "technological business development center". The mission of business development centers in RTOs is to implement the commercialization requirements in the process of technology development and provide consultancy and technical, economic and commercial assistance, regarding their technological achievements to those currently entering the commercialization phase. These services include the fundamental principles of business development based on their technological achievements of their organization and for their potential and current customers. This article first points out the necessity and importance of the technological business development center in RTOs and then presents the definition and functions of those centers in RTOs. Finally ends with conclusion Manuscript profile

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9 - 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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10 - Business Models; Principles, Evaluation, Innovation
Manochehr Manteghi Fatemeh Sabeti Saeedi

These days, organizations environment has become more competitive. According to business researchers, achieving a competitive position for the company is possible only by the proper business model. A successful business model indicates a better option so that it can off More

These days, organizations environment has become more competitive. According to business researchers, achieving a competitive position for the company is possible only by the proper business model. A successful business model indicates a better option so that it can offer greater value to a distinct group of customers and bring greater benefits to the company. At the start of a business, failure to identify an appropriate business model, leads to the failure of organizations to achieving its goals. Despite the importance of this issue, there is no standard for the definitions and components of business models. Hence, in this study, definitions and components of business models are discussed, according to the different approaches in modeling business models. However, merely having a good business model at the inception of a company is not enough; what is more important is utilizing and maintaining a proper business model over the life of the institution.The power of a business model is such that it can be a powerful tool for analyzing, testing, and evaluating organization's strategic options. Therefore, an organization business model evaluation as a strategic decision-making process will never stop and can be a basis for continuous improvement of the business. Business model evaluation differs according to the levels and units of analysis. In this study,by reviewing the different studies, the most important criteria and methods of business model evaluation has been proposed.Business models are the representation of businesses at a specific time. Rapid technological, economical, cultural and political changes lead to a more complex organizations environmentand dynamic business evolution. This causes instability of business models. Therefore, they change by the development of businesses. Hence, business model innovation has become one of the most important issues in management science. This concept has been studied in the final part of this study. Manuscript profile

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11 - 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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12 - 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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13 - A Performance Assessment Model for Business Intelligence by using Fuzzy Analysis
MohammadHosein Ronaghi Kamran Feyzi

Business intelligence (BI) is the tool used by enterprises to collect, manage and analyze structural and non-structural data and also information by taking advantage of modern information technology. It utilizes a substantial amount of collected data during the daily op More

Business intelligence (BI) is the tool used by enterprises to collect, manage and analyze structural and non-structural data and also information by taking advantage of modern information technology. It utilizes a substantial amount of collected data during the daily operational processes, and transforms the data into information and knowledge to avoid the supposition and ignorance of the enterprises. In the last decade, Business intelligence has evolved as one of the critical applications in organizations to provide useful insight, support decision-making, and drive organizational performance. However, to avoid the ineffective experiences during the deployment, it is important to clarify the impact factors of a BI system and find out a Suitable assessment method to evaluate the performance of BI systems. Evaluating the effectiveness of business intelligence systems is vital to our understanding of the value and efficacy of management actions and investments. This research is a descriptive survey. We construct an Assessment model to assess the performance of business intelligence systems based on the outcomes of previous researches. Furthermore, an expert questionnaire using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used to filter out useful performance indicators. The analytic hierarchy process is a structured technique for organizing and analyzing complex decisions. Finally, we analyze a real case by using the constructed assessment model for Business Intelligence systems. We choose an automotive parts manufacturer as a case. The survey sample population consisted of 66 randomly taken employees and managers of the case. The results indicate that the performance of Business Intelligence system in our case was suitable. Manuscript profile

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14 - Open Innovation Process and Firms Obsorptive
GHazaleh Javid Jafar Bagheri Nejad

20.1001.1.17355486.1391.8.31.6.9

Open innovation and absorptive capacity are two popular concepts in contemporary innovation management literature. firms' absorptive capacity, as it has been defined by Cohen and Levinthal (1990), determines their ability to in-source externally developed technology or More

Open innovation and absorptive capacity are two popular concepts in contemporary innovation management literature. firms' absorptive capacity, as it has been defined by Cohen and Levinthal (1990), determines their ability to in-source externally developed technology or ideas. In this paper, we tie these two concepts to each other and prove how the recent insights about open innovation can advance our understanding of absorptive capacity. External technology sourcing is becoming more important for a number of reasons: Shortening technology life cycles, emerging technologies with the potential to disrupt market leaders' positions, sharing costs and risks associated with science based technology, globalization of the R&D activities as a response of companies to the greater dissemination of knowledge throughout the world, the growing importance of seed and venture capital to finance excellent business ideas, etc... These inter-organizational knowledge flows do not materialize automatically and firms have to develop skills to tap into external sources of technology. Furthermore, absorptive capacity is crucial in explaining why some companies are better than others in creating and capturing value from in-sourcing externally developed technology and technological collaboration with innovation partners. Hence, absorptive capacity and the outside-in dimension of open innovation are necessarily linked to each other. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how absorptive capacity and the outside-in dimension of open innovation can be linked to each other. We focus on the question how complementary between internal and external technology plays a role in open innovation and absorptive capacity of innovating firms. This paper discuss about open innovation around two key factors (humanity & organizational) and relate it to absorptive capacity .Then analyses conceptual model with SWOT. Manuscript profile

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15 - The Role of applying Business Process Management System in improving Organizations Performances
Hosein Safarzadeh Mausomeh Ghoreyshi

In today's world, the key to the success of each organization is the Business Process. Therefore, it is important to have a strong interpretation of Business Process Management in organizations. Organizations have experienced that Business Process Management is strong i More

In today's world, the key to the success of each organization is the Business Process. Therefore, it is important to have a strong interpretation of Business Process Management in organizations. Organizations have experienced that Business Process Management is strong investment to come across the environmental changes. Business Process Management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the demands and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. Business Process Management attempts to improve processes continuously. It can therefore be described as a "process optimization process." It is argued that BPM enables organizations to be more efficient, more effective and more capable of change than a functionally focused, traditional hierarchical management approach. Business process management activities can be grouped into five categories: designing, modeling, execution, monitoring, and optimization. With respect to the fact that Business Process Management System automates all the processes in organizations, every solution ends up in Business Process Management System as the essential core of organizational systems in order to improve their performance. In this paper, different types of data related to a specific Process will be mentioned, then a solid model will be explained in order to coordinate the data with Business Process Management, afterwards Business Process Management System will be introduced. At the end, the harmony for Business Process Management and Strategic Management will be explained because compiling a suitable strategy and, more importantly, its proper implementation using the Process Management improves the organization performance and beneficiaries' satisfaction. Manuscript profile

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16 - The Potential of E-Business to Reduce the Bullwhip Effect in Auto Industry of Iran
Lauya Olfat Mohsen Shafiei Nik Abadi

Uncertainty about the supply chain and its various components causes demand variability in the length of chain in a way that as diverting from the final customer demand and actual orders, more fluctuation in amount of orders is observed and this can be followed by undes More

Uncertainty about the supply chain and its various components causes demand variability in the length of chain in a way that as diverting from the final customer demand and actual orders, more fluctuation in amount of orders is observed and this can be followed by undesirable effects. This phenomenon is called Bullwhip effect. Several factors are involved in the occurrence of this problem for which some strategies to are listed. In this paper, first Bullwhip effect and what caused it in the supply chain are defined. Then, Key factors in reducing the effects in Auto industry using Survey are analyzed. Finally, with regard to the capabilities of electronic business, its role in confronting this phenomenon will be expressed. This Research is an Applied Research and a questionnaire containing 26 questions was used for the analysis. According to various aspects of creating Bullwhip Effect, partial sampling was used and a collection of experts in the field of inventory control, production planning and parts supply, sales, after sales service and supply chain management were surveyed. Calculated Samples are 171 experts. In this paper, The Mean Test is used to evaluate each hypothesis and finally Friedman's Test is used to assess being equal rank of Reducing Factors of Bullwhip effect. Innovative aspect of the research is observed in the study and identification of key factors in creating Bullwhip effect in supply chain and investigation of electronic business impact in reducing the negative effect. Manuscript profile

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17 - The Advantages, Risks and Challenges of Outsourcing Strategy
Rohollah Khodaverdi Ehsan Zohre bojnordi

Organizations, recognizing that they cannot be world class in every activity and function involved in producing their products and services, are moving toward business strategies based on "core competencies"- a set of "skill and knowledge" that help maintain their compe More

Organizations, recognizing that they cannot be world class in every activity and function involved in producing their products and services, are moving toward business strategies based on "core competencies"- a set of "skill and knowledge" that help maintain their competitive advantage in serving customers. Outsourcing is promoted as one of the most powerful trends that improve organization efficiency and growth. Outsourcing was defined as the operation of shifting a transaction previously-governed internally to an external supplier through a long-term contract. The most common benefits of outsourcing are: downsizing, cost savings, restructuring costs, focus on core business, quality improvement, operational expertise, access to talent, capacity management, and risk management. Nowadays organizations focus on core competencies and downsizing and try to outsource other activities to external provider. Also outsourcing helps organizations to achieve new organization's structure like flat organization and fast response organization. This article is aimed at presenting the advantages, risks and challenges of outsourcing strategy. After an introduction with outsourcing, a definition of outsourcing, outsourcing history and a review of outsourcing's features will be presented. In the following sections, we examine the motives and risks associated with outsourcing operations and propose a number of recommendations that require managers to focus on implementation of outsourcing operations. Also the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing are reviewed and a framework for the service activities of outsourcing will propose. The proposed framework considers moderator and independent variables of outsourcing and how they affect service activities. The outsourcing model for service activities emphasizes different service aspects and is also simple and holistic. Manuscript profile

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18 - 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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19 - Critical Criteria in e-Businesses Assessment
Mohsen Shafiei Nik Abadi Auzam Jalili bolhasani Seyed mohammad ali Khatami firoz abadi

The Internet is considered as an important innovation in business environment and acts as a very important tool in getting competitive advantages. Researchers have tried to gather critical and key factors in e-Businesses and classify them in Balance Score Card(BSC) base More

The Internet is considered as an important innovation in business environment and acts as a very important tool in getting competitive advantages. Researchers have tried to gather critical and key factors in e-Businesses and classify them in Balance Score Card(BSC) based Method. Then, 6 international e-businesses get ranked using 3 Decision Making Method (SAW,TOPSIS, PROMETHEE). At last, these 6 international e-businesses get ranked using Mean Ranking and Majority Rule. Innovative aspect of this article is gathering and classification of Critical Criteria in e-businesses assessment and using Decision making method in assessing e-business. Manuscript profile

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20 - The role of Porters 5 Competitive Forces in selecting e-business model in auto industry (Case study: Iran Khodro)
Mohsen Shafiei Nik Abadi Auzam Jalili bolhasani

The main purpose of present article is assessing the Porter's 5 Competitive Forces in selecting e-business model in auto industry. These five forces include threatening the new competitors, Suppliers' bargaining power, Buyers' Bargaining Power, Competition between all c More

The main purpose of present article is assessing the Porter's 5 Competitive Forces in selecting e-business model in auto industry. These five forces include threatening the new competitors, Suppliers' bargaining power, Buyers' Bargaining Power, Competition between all companies in an industry, Product and service replacement power. These Competitive Forces were surveyed in auto industry. The survey was done in Iran Khodro and Saipa, since these two Iranian reliable auto manufacturing companies have got the highest share of Iranian auto market. In this survey, the role of All Porter's 5 Competitive Forces in selecting e-business model was approved. Then, as a case study in Iran khodro, researchers measured the Competitive Forces in this company and analyzed the ability of this company against industrial environmental changes in selecting e-business model. Manuscript profile

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21 - Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence
Mohammad reza Mosa Khani Mahshid Saeidi

This paper explains the nature of integration between knowledge management (KM) and Business Intelligence (BI). There has been some confusion as to the relationship between KM and BI. BI mainly focuses on explicit knowledge, but KM encompasses both tacit and explicit kn More

This paper explains the nature of integration between knowledge management (KM) and Business Intelligence (BI). There has been some confusion as to the relationship between KM and BI. BI mainly focuses on explicit knowledge, but KM encompasses both tacit and explicit knowledge. Both of them promote learning, decision- making and understanding. KM influences BI through organizational knowledge creation, knowledge transfer and learning. Therefore, this paper defines BI as a part of KM by evaluating importance of their integration. As this relationship improves right decision-making in organizations and their performance because of the rise and fall of the economic environment, enterprises need to adjust their policies and strategies rapidly in order to respond to sophistication of competitors, customers and suppliers. Information is known as the main key for enterprises so integrating Business Intelligence and Knowledge management are used not only for saving suitable information for enterprise but also for improving performance and process of activities in organizations. Manuscript profile

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22 - The necessity of innovation in administrating knowledge management and IT management in Iran
Mohammadreza Abbasi Manoochehr Makki

At present the necessity of paying attention to knowledge management and IT management has been a challenging issue for the managers of organizations. This matter seems incomplete without paying attention to the applicability of the mentioned concepts. Hence, in this ar More

At present the necessity of paying attention to knowledge management and IT management has been a challenging issue for the managers of organizations. This matter seems incomplete without paying attention to the applicability of the mentioned concepts. Hence, in this article, the basic assumptions of knowledge management and its relation to information technology are investigated from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The formation, definitions, literature, processes, and all the issues related to the knowledge management will be presented. In addition, it is mentioned that in spite of the close relationship between information technology and knowledge management, it is not possible to substitute technology for human knowledge. Finally, having reviewed some principles and obstacles to knowledge management, the researchers propose innovative ways in order to carry out knowledge management programs via information technology in Iran. Manuscript profile

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23 - using Electronic Intermediaries to Expand Business Processes
Saeed Fathi Maryam Safi

Electronic intermediaries (EIMs) are Internet-based organizations that enable other organizations to interact with each other in business processes. While EIMs have become a significant sector of the Internet economy, theory and guidelines for planning the set of busine More

Electronic intermediaries (EIMs) are Internet-based organizations that enable other organizations to interact with each other in business processes. While EIMs have become a significant sector of the Internet economy, theory and guidelines for planning the set of business processes an EIM can support online are sparse. This paper presents an approach to plan the specific online processes supported by a particular EIM. The approach draws on conceptual research on business process engineering, EIMs, and e-business architectures. Three categories of processes, together with their respective sub-processes, are identified and described. The approach then provides guidance in the choice of processes, based upon two factors; first the resource base of the EIM, and second, its evolutionary context. The insight gained from this analysis is that the business performance of an EIM can be enhanced by considering its resource base and evolutionary context when planning its business processes. Manuscript profile

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24 - The Role of Processes Integration in Selecting E-business Model in Automobile Industry: A Case Study in Iran Khodro Company
Mohsen Shafiei Nik Abadi Ali Khatami firozabadi

Use of E-businesses is considered as a necessity for getting Competitive Advantage. Selecting and Implementing E-business Models needs different inter-organization and intra-organization Backgrounds. One of the most important Backgrounds is integration in internal and e More

Use of E-businesses is considered as a necessity for getting Competitive Advantage. Selecting and Implementing E-business Models needs different inter-organization and intra-organization Backgrounds. One of the most important Backgrounds is integration in internal and external processes in a company. In this article at first, different processes in Enterprise Resource Planning system is identified. Then, Importance of Integration for selecting and Implementing E-business in Automobile Industry is surveyed. At last, as a case study, the Integration in Internal and External Processes in Iran Khodro Company is measured. Manuscript profile

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25 - Technology strategy and position based models
Seyed Habibollah Tabatabaeiyan Afsoon Fahtollahi

In the two recent decades, Technology Strategy is especially concerned as a vital necessity of firms and industries. As a consequence too many different models and approaches have been developed by professors on this era. This article, at first takes a survey on the con More

In the two recent decades, Technology Strategy is especially concerned as a vital necessity of firms and industries. As a consequence too many different models and approaches have been developed by professors on this era. This article, at first takes a survey on the concepts of technology and technology strategy. Then it will categorize the different perspectives upon the position of the technology strategy among the business strategy, and then the most important one will be explained. Furthermore, after a brief explanation on technology strategy dimensions, the evolution of managerial approaches will be described. In this paper we have also introduced the characteristics of different approaches for developing technology strategy, especially by positioning based approach, and the well known models of positioning based approach for developing technology strategy are described. As a conclusion, models are getting compared to each other within a table under the basis of deployment steps of models, level of application, key strategic decisions and being product or process technology oriented Manuscript profile

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26 - The key factors in the admission process of tenant companies in incubators
Hamid Mahdavi Mahmood Sheykh zeynaddin Fakhreddin Ashrafi zadeh

The admission process in ISTT, which has been formed during 6 years, is performed based on three key factors that have been defined in this paper. These factors include a business plan, a technology-based business idea, and the entrepreneurial team. The initial admissio More

The admission process in ISTT, which has been formed during 6 years, is performed based on three key factors that have been defined in this paper. These factors include a business plan, a technology-based business idea, and the entrepreneurial team. The initial admission process that was done based on trial and error, is now consist of information, negotiation and interview, filling the forms, consultation, correcting the forms, submission of documents, initial investigation, determining the judges, technical and economic interviews, filling the judgment forms, second investigation, analysis and final decision-making in admission committee. The Admission Committee practices the policies defined by ISTT's scientific council and leads the companies toward ISTT objectives. In all stages of admission and assessment process, there is an atmosphere of training and improving, instead of only competition and selection. Even those companies that will not be accepted in the admission process, they will learn and be guided to remove their shortcomings. In most cases the view of all the members of the admission committee are similar and at the same level, and this makes the final decision making easier. The presence of two judges, one with a technology approach (scientific), and the other with an economic approach (familiar with market), among the members of the committee is a determining factor in selecting applicants for settlement in the incubator. Although this current admission trend is based on the general global experiences of other incubators, it has not drawn directly from a single model. It has been completed gradually based on the realities and conditions of the region Manuscript profile

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27 - The Conceptual Model of University Incubators
Tayebe Nikraftar

Change and transition is one of the challenges of 21st century. Countries have faced with unanticipated situations because of developing the increasing range of changes so they can not guarantee their survival with small change in manner, structure, technology and so on More

Change and transition is one of the challenges of 21st century. Countries have faced with unanticipated situations because of developing the increasing range of changes so they can not guarantee their survival with small change in manner, structure, technology and so on. Organizations should start a revolution in their managements and employees mind until the concepts of organization, work and competition basically change in their mind. In this situation we need entrepreneurs that can blow fresh blood in the economic state body through creativity, innovation, stability and self confidence and pacing effective step for solving employment crisis. It is obvious that entrepreneurial university is one of the strategic and key tools for this matter in the higher education level. Entrepreneurship University has made diversity mechanisms such as business incubators, science and technology parks, and entrepreneurship centers and so on for fulfilling their goals. The task of business incubators is to support the university graduates and young entrepreneurs that familiar with new technologies and owning creativity but they are often idle because founding a business by them is not possible without entering a high risk of failure. Business Incubators help these entrepreneurs to pass the primary growth stages and when they acquire the capabilities for activity in market they can leave/graduate the incubator. The concept of business incubator have been reviewed, analysis and habited in our country for some years. The object of this paper is to review the place of university incubators in developing employment and technology transfer. At first we pay attention to relations between the university, incubator and industry. Then we review the role of them in developing and transferring technology and finally we show a conceptual model for University Incubators. Manuscript profile

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28 - Building and Managing the Constituencies: Requirements and Experiences
Mohammadreza haeri Yazdi Bab Hadeston

n this paper the challenges of managing several key constituencies are described. Examples of existing parks are used to illustrate the challenge and to show the problems that were faced and the approaches that were taken to overcome them. Foresight, or similar longer t More

n this paper the challenges of managing several key constituencies are described. Examples of existing parks are used to illustrate the challenge and to show the problems that were faced and the approaches that were taken to overcome them. Foresight, or similar longer term visioning tools are proposed as a strategy to develop the shared vision necessary to sustain efforts over the medium to longer time period. The final section reviews key challenges facing parks with particular emphasis on: the advantages and disadvantages of fiscal incentives the role of regional hubs the widening range of tools that are needed alongside the S&T park to foster knowledgebased businesses the role and contributions that have been made by universities and how can these be expanded in future. Manuscript profile

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29 - Future Trends and Business Environment
Hamid Hashemi

Forecasting the future is very important for business owners, while it is not difficult to discover it. Scientists and economists regularly uncover trends by analyzing: patterns in government and corporate research policies; new technological advancements and discoverie More

Forecasting the future is very important for business owners, while it is not difficult to discover it. Scientists and economists regularly uncover trends by analyzing: patterns in government and corporate research policies; new technological advancements and discoveries; market supply and demand fluctuations; and present moods, needs and spending habits of consumers. But for small businesses owners, there are many books, papers and web sites about new trends and megatrends. They talk about future changes such as: Shifting the global axis of power and influence from West to East, or underlying Asias rapid modernization include a shift from central government control to free-market economies, the emergence of female entrepreneurs, mass migration to cities and a resurgent individualistic spirit that rejects welfarism. These patterns can be uncovered through the computer analysis of large amounts of data taken from databases, polls, news clippings, or any other medium where information can be accumulated. From these patterns - as well as knowledge of past tendencies, historical cycles, an empirical understanding of human nature, and primitive gut reactions – they piece together astoundingly accurate predictions. This paper introduces new patterns and megatrends to business owners in order help them to plan their strategy and approach for sustaining their customers and their businesses. Manuscript profile

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30 - : Keys to a Successful Business Plan
Nazanin Zeyd

Aprospective business owner as well as those already in business needs to develop a written plan. Written plans provide a management tool for determining specific strengths and weakness of an idea, documenting reasonable objectives and identifying resources to attain th More

Aprospective business owner as well as those already in business needs to develop a written plan. Written plans provide a management tool for determining specific strengths and weakness of an idea, documenting reasonable objectives and identifying resources to attain them. A written plan will also provide the basis for developing a more detailed business operating plan. Even though the risk of going into business cannot be eliminated, a good plan will help reduce the risk Manuscript profile

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31 - Measuring of Technology and Innovation Index in Iran Compared with other Countries
Saeed KiyanPour Alireza Salehi

10.7508/jstpi.2015.04.008

S tudies show that activities related to technology development and innovation are the main factors of economic growth. The purpose of this article is to introduce the Global Innovation Index (GII) and technology achievement index (TAI) and to evaluate Iran in these in More

S tudies show that activities related to technology development and innovation are the main factors of economic growth. The purpose of this article is to introduce the Global Innovation Index (GII) and technology achievement index (TAI) and to evaluate Iran in these indicators. Our country has earned 120 through GII ranking in 2014. Previous studies reported of global innovation index show that our country has not been able to improve its position. Global Innovation Index is made up of 21 main variables that our country in the variable of higher education, research and development, knowledge creation and public infrastructure is better than other variables. It earned the lowest score In variables of political environment, experience and competitive, knowledge dissemination and knowledge in comparison with other variables. It means our country has good position in Input Components especially in high education but in Components of output has not good condition. Another indicator is access to technology; this index includes the creation of new technologies, release new innovations, diffusion of old innovations and human skills that in this indicator are member of intermediate these countries. Studying Composite indicators show that policymakers should pay more attention to improve innovations until creation results of research and innovation for community. Manuscript profile

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32 - Contract Research Model Nonoccurrence with the Research and Technology Organizations Mission in Technology Development
Reza Bandarian

10.7508/jstpi.2016.01.001

Due to the Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) lack of relation with industry and their tendency to do activities more closer to the universities, which had led to their inefficiency in carrying out their primary mission, since thirty years ago, governments in More

Due to the Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) lack of relation with industry and their tendency to do activities more closer to the universities, which had led to their inefficiency in carrying out their primary mission, since thirty years ago, governments in many countries by cuts the RTOs governmental budget have directed them to financing through industry research budgets, and in some cases, through cut the state budgets, the RTOs were forced to acquiring income (in order to self-sufficiency). Accordingly, another type of research organizations as Contract Research Organizations (CRO) was formed. In this paper, in order to answer the question of whether a contract research model is consistent with the RTOs mission in technology development or not. First, the issue had reviewed historically and then the process of contract research and independent research and their characteristics were investigated and based on that the conclusions and recommendations are offered. The results shows that carrying out the technology development research by the RTOs in the form of a contract research between the industry firms and the RTOs, due to conflict with the requirements of technology development and working conditions of the RTOs is not a good choice and independent research approach is recommended as the most suitable method. Manuscript profile

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33 - Different points of view for Relation of Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence
hasan rangriz nasim afshari

10.7508/jstpi.2016.01.002

Nowadays, having the ability of foresight and decision-making is essential for any organization. Advanced and successful organizations have chosen knowledge-oriented strategy to survive in the competitive and rapidly changing environments. Handling of changes and good d More

Nowadays, having the ability of foresight and decision-making is essential for any organization. Advanced and successful organizations have chosen knowledge-oriented strategy to survive in the competitive and rapidly changing environments. Handling of changes and good decision making about them plays a central role in the future success or failure of organizations. Two important concepts that have important role in managers’ decision makings are Business Intelligence (BI) and Knowledge Management (KM). Business intelligence and knowledge management are relative concepts to each other .The relations between these concepts has not been yet offered clearly and determining the boundary of these two concepts is difficult for managers. Researchers have considered different links between them. In this paper, business intelligence and knowledge management will be defined and then different viewpoints about the type of relationship between these concepts will be expressed. In general, it is recognized that knowledge management and business intelligence both have common and same goal which is improving decision-making process and finally improving the business performance. Implementation and execution of these concepts would consider as organization's competitive advantage. However, knowledge management, including both explicit and tacit knowledge, and also considers unstructured data, while business intelligence generally focuses on explicit knowledge. Finally, concluded that, knowledge management and business intelligence should be integrated regardless of the type of relationship between them, because each has advantages and disadvantages. Manuscript profile

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34 - Identify appropriate methods to block the flow of income businesses (Case Study: Firm ideal wallpaper (wallpaper industry))
Sedigheh Bahrami Komeyl ali abdollahi

10.7508/jstpi.2017.01.006

20.1001.1.17355486.1395.13.49.2.2

Today's business environment is challenging and constantly changing face, trade and business, one of the most important areas that the adoption of information technologies is severely affected, many methods Earn evolved and new methods and frequency values into being More

Today's business environment is challenging and constantly changing face, trade and business, one of the most important areas that the adoption of information technologies is severely affected, many methods Earn evolved and new methods and frequency values into being established. Business Models Companies a major factor in the success of their performance and the framework to earn money, to three key questions answered are, what activities, how and when to be done? The correct answer to these questions lead to good performance and provide optimal benefits to customers and ultimately profits for the company. If customers are the heart of business models, revenue streams that make up arteries. Companies need to ask themselves what value each customer segment really willing to pay for it? The main purpose of this paper is to identify appropriate methods to block e-business revenues in the industry are ideal for wallpaper. Research based on the theoretical framework given Astrvaldr model. The population in this study, senior managers, personnel of financial, marketing and sales is ideal. Then through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using content analysis Subject to the main component of revenue streams and cost of e-business model can be extracted Manuscript profile

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35 - Identify Factors Affecting the Implementation of Knowledge Management Based on Business Strategies
Hojat Hassani seadat Hamid Erfanian Khanzadeh Gholamreza Malekzadeh

10.7508/jstpi.2016.01.004

Knowledge is a valuable resource and strategic factor and also an asset. So providing good and qualified products and services without management and use of this valuable resource, is difficult and sometimes impossible. Knowledge management has become one of the most im More

Knowledge is a valuable resource and strategic factor and also an asset. So providing good and qualified products and services without management and use of this valuable resource, is difficult and sometimes impossible. Knowledge management has become one of the most important activities in today's organizations to improve and maintain competitive advantage. The ultimate goal of knowledge management is the operation and development of knowledge assets to achieve the goals and create added value for the organization. It is obvious that knowledge management is crucial in the formulation of business strategy for gaining competitive advantage. Therefore identifying factors affecting the implementation of knowledge management based on business strategy is very important. In this study, 55 factors affecting the implementation of knowledge management extracted. Then by using Delphi method and the adoption of experts opinion, their relationships with business strategies were identified. On this basis, 35 factors in 6 dimensions were identified: Leadership, Strategic, Infrastructure, Structure, Cultural and Scientific Dimension. Among the identified dimensions, leadership dimension was more important than the other dimensions. Strategic and Scientific dimensions are the next one and 64 percent of the identified factors were confirmed. Manuscript profile

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36 - Open Innovation & Stakeholders Engagement
Farzane ryBakhtia Mojtaba Nahid

10.7508/jstpi.2016.02.006

The paradox of open innovation lies in the conflict between the practical desire to reap the benefits of open innovation and concern over the risk that others will misappropriate those benefits. Open innovation models bring changes in the firm's approach to strategic ma More

The paradox of open innovation lies in the conflict between the practical desire to reap the benefits of open innovation and concern over the risk that others will misappropriate those benefits. Open innovation models bring changes in the firm's approach to strategic management of technology. Over the years, as a response to emerges at significant improvements in the competitive environment. Open innovation that we can always make progress because all ideas are good ideas, Also all ideas can be developed, if the idea is worth thinking about, it is worth telling. We are creative and we can get more creative. Stakeholder theory and recent developments in value creation through stakeholder engagement can assist with reconciliation of this inherent structural risk. The limitations of existing open innovation typologies are identified, and a process-based model of open innovation is proposed. The model is then expanded to include stakeholder engagement. When integrated with stakeholder engagement, open innovation processes can be understood to generate benefits beyond the acquisition of specific information sought from external experts. The addition of stakeholder engagement to the open innovation model allows for greater understanding and easier acceptance of the risks inherent in the open innovation process. Therefore this application article uses library overview and in addition to this, it focuses on open innovation literature and some of its models. Also, it Deals with the relationship between open innovation and stakeholder participation And would be try to provide the benefits and risks of engagement to the audience. Manuscript profile

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37 - Designing the Business Model for Virtual Incubator in Iran
Amir Maniyan Maryam Khodadad Barmi Ayob Mohamadian

10.7508/jstpi.2016.03.001

Business incubator is economic development tools that provide a set of business support resources and services for accelerate to growth and success of entrepreneurial companies. Today, advancement of the internet and moving the businesses toward cyberspace set up a virt More

Business incubator is economic development tools that provide a set of business support resources and services for accelerate to growth and success of entrepreneurial companies. Today, advancement of the internet and moving the businesses toward cyberspace set up a virtual incubator can be very important, So in other countries are considered. In order of increasing competition firms in various industries and Existing dynamics in business environments, designing the business model can be introduction for starting a successful business. According to this, Attention to business model for virtual business incubators is important. This paper is designing the business model for virtual business incubator in Iran. This design is done by study of related literature, interviews with experts and benchmarking results of several successful virtual business incubators in the world. Currently, there are many models to identify the components of business model and their relationship but Osterwalder 9 element model is known as the most popular and most perfect version. In this paper, the ontology Osterwalder is used in order to designing the business model for virtual business incubator. This design can be efficient step to starting the operational of this national project and can be followed productivity, Enhancing organizational performance and profitability Manuscript profile

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38 - Criminal Entrepreneurial Behavior: Literature Review
Mojtaba Nahid Roghayeh izadi

10.7508/jstpi.2017.03.005

20.1001.1.17355486.1396.13.51.7.5

Entrepreneurs play an important role in the economy in order to identify opportunities and to exploit their economic and social needs of the production process and purse market driving. While entrepreneurship is normally researched as something positive, this paper illu More

Entrepreneurs play an important role in the economy in order to identify opportunities and to exploit their economic and social needs of the production process and purse market driving. While entrepreneurship is normally researched as something positive, this paper illustrates the dark sides of the construct. This conceptual research paper applies entrepreneurship literature to generate new insights into entrepreneurship in organized crime and entrepreneurs in criminal organizations. Criminal entrepreneurship is found in organized crime, where criminal entrepreneurs choose to organize a criminal business enterprise in order to exploit illegal market opportunities. Entrepreneurial opportunities can be exploited in a variety of ways, depending on strategy and available resources. As organised crime is growing locally as well as globally, law enforcement agencies need to develop their understanding of strategic criminal entrepreneurship. Based on perspectives in this paper, the dark side of Entrepreneurship needs to be further explored within both the legitimate and illegitimate business sector in the local as well as global perspective in future research. Manuscript profile

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39 - A Study on the Role of Government in Improving the Process of Launch and Development of Knowledge-based Businesses
Najmeh Akbarzadeh Ehsan Shafiezadeh

In the “knowledge-based businesses” research field, few applied studies have been conducted. Meanwhile, by identifying the critical success factors in starting-up and development of knowledge-based businesses, we can recognize necessary contexts for these targets and ta More

In the “knowledge-based businesses” research field, few applied studies have been conducted. Meanwhile, by identifying the critical success factors in starting-up and development of knowledge-based businesses, we can recognize necessary contexts for these targets and take steps toward implementing it. Accordingly, the main purpose of this research is identifying and prioritizing the keyactivities to be carried out by government in order to improve the process of starting-up and development of knowledge-based businesses. The method of this study in terms of purpose is applied research, and in terms of data gathering method is descriptive survey. The target population of current study included all knowledge-based corporations deployed in incubators and science & technology parks of universities in Tehran. To gathering required data for this research, the questionnaire has been used. Chi-squared test is used to data analysis, and Friedman’s analysis of variance is applied to ranking parameters. The results of this study revealed that improving the process of starting-up and development of knowledge-based businesses is possible throughgovernment’s some key activities which “financial supports of government” is placed on top of them. Hence, it can be said that the government should start broad efforts in this regard, and this issue should be considered by relevant government authorities. At the end, the recommendations based on the research results are presented. Manuscript profile

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40 - Investigation of Factors Affecting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Development in Agricultural Knowledge-Based business (Case Study: Tabarestan Technology Incubator)
mohammad mehdi mardanshahi

10.7508/jstpi.2017.04.004

20.1001.1.17355486.1396.13.52.8.8

Today, in many of developed and developing countries, the agricultural sector plays an important role in food production, employment and trade. Furthermore knowledge- based companies are as a key option to produce wealth in developing countries and the effective role of More

Today, in many of developed and developing countries, the agricultural sector plays an important role in food production, employment and trade. Furthermore knowledge- based companies are as a key option to produce wealth in developing countries and the effective role of information and communication technology in business development has become more evident. Therefore the purpose of this study was to Investigation of Factors Affecting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Development in Agricultural Knowledge-Based business.This research is descriptive-survey based on the method of doing and in terms of target, is functional. The research instrument used was a questionnaire. Its validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and also its reliability was reported 0/793 (the Cronbach's alpha). The population of this study included 24 managers of Agricultural Knowledge-Based business, based at Tabarestan Technology Incubator. They were selected by Census method. Data analysis was carried out in two parts: a description and analysis was performed using the SPSS21 software. The results showed that Infrastructure factor is the most important component in the development of Information and Communication Technology. The Computers and Internet are the most important of Infrastructure factor and they have a fundamental role in developing business, especially agricultural knowledge-based businesses. Manuscript profile

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41 - The Impacts of Business Intelligence, Customer and Loyalty Satisfaction and Brand Value in Iran Hygienic and Cellulose Industry
Reza Aghaei Milad Aghaee

10.7508/jstpi.2018.04.005

20.1001.1.17355486.1397.14.56.1.6

Today organizations are working in an environment in which has uncertainty because of competition in the market. So, the organizations will get success which make their customers loyal by business intelligence and customer satisfaction and finally help to increase their More

Today organizations are working in an environment in which has uncertainty because of competition in the market. So, the organizations will get success which make their customers loyal by business intelligence and customer satisfaction and finally help to increase their brand value. The aim of this research is considering the relationships between business intelligence, customer relationships and loyalty and brand value in hygienic and cellulose industry of Iran. Evaluation of each variable is a kind of decision making problem in which has internal systematic interactions between variables. So, we can use DEMATEL technique in FUZZY conditions for cause and effect relationships between variables. We benefit the ideas of 10 experts in cellulose and hygienic industry for considering the relationships between variables. The results show that there are systemic and network relation between research variables. Also, the results show that there is a two tailed relation between business intelligence and brand special value and customer satisfaction. Also, based on research results, customer satisfaction effects on loyalty, business intelligent and brand special value. Manuscript profile

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42 - A New Architecture for Future: Innovative Business Model Based on Integrity of Cloud Computing and IOT
sadaf zarrin mehrdad alimuhammadi seyyed hossein siadat

10.7508/roshdefanavari.2018.14.004

20.1001.1.17355486.1397.14.54.4.5

The Internet of Things is a new innovation in the technology world and, although so far, has gained much progress with the support of many companies, but this is just the beginning of its growth. This paper considers the Internet of Things from business perspective and More

The Internet of Things is a new innovation in the technology world and, although so far, has gained much progress with the support of many companies, but this is just the beginning of its growth. This paper considers the Internet of Things from business perspective and integration of it with cloud computing with focus on theoretical and practical aspects. By entering the Internet of things into different areas of knowledge and because of breadth of its data and information, and the increasing need for analysis and management of them, cloud computing as the only solution to provide software and hardware requirements will be introduced and evaluated in this paper. This integration, while having many benefits and improving many applications, faces challenges that will be discussed in this paper. This article is written through literature review among activists in this field and scientific resources. First, the ecosystem of Internet of things businesses is introduced with the aim of identifying the roles of this ecosystem, then the impact of the IOT on the components of the business model of the companies will be examined and, finally, a variety of business models of the Internet of things will be examined. In the following, the main architectures and platforms of this area are described. Finally, with respect to the article's approach, a business framework is introduced that can be used by developers as the starting point for creating applications from the Internet of things based on cloud computing. Manuscript profile

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43 - Systematic Literature Review of Crowdfunding
Ali Haji Gholam Saryazdi Ali Rajabzadeh Ghatari Alinaghi Mashayekhi Alireza hassanzadeh

10.7508/jstpi.2019.01.005

20.1001.1.17355486.1397.15.57.5.5

In recent years crowdfunding is created as a web 2.0 and social network -based on financing for business startups and creative projects. This method has grown in many aspects, such as the number of platforms, the number of campaigns and their success rate, the volume of More

In recent years crowdfunding is created as a web 2.0 and social network -based on financing for business startups and creative projects. This method has grown in many aspects, such as the number of platforms, the number of campaigns and their success rate, the volume of funding and the number of models offered. This growth has led researchers to investigate this phenomenon of the different dimensions and aspects. So this article is followed by a comprehensive review of the literature associated with this method. In this study, we have done a systematic review of 60 published articles until 2017 about the concept of crowdfunding. The research findings have been summarized. Moreover, the research orientation pattern has been determined by identifying the focus of great attention. Also the existing research gaps and suggestions for future research in the field of crowdfunding identified and explained. The results of the survey showed that the number of studies carried out on this new method are not very high but are increasing. It is necessary for the researchers to study this method (phenomenon) with a comprehensive and holism approach, using a review of the views of its various actors, stackholders and costumers and extracting the factors influencing the success and failure of this method. Manuscript profile

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44 - The Impact of Open Government Data and Data Innovation on Life Insurance Industry Business Development
Saeid Taheri Saeed Shavalpour

10.7508/jstpi.2018.03.007

20.1001.1.17355486.1397.14.55.8.1

The emergence of information and communication technology has enabled organizations to use this technology to generate data in their own business. In addition, organizations need to open their industry-related data, which is generally government-owned, as well as data i More

The emergence of information and communication technology has enabled organizations to use this technology to generate data in their own business. In addition, organizations need to open their industry-related data, which is generally government-owned, as well as data innovation, in order to develop their business. Today we are seeing a huge storm of data that is due to the actions of individuals, businesses and the state. It is essential to acquire the valuable information through the use and reuse of production data by opening up a large amount of data. In this way, the potential of the mass data of every sector of industry and business can effectively be used to plan, decide, and ultimately business development. Figures show the potential of open data in three areas: banking, insurance, and real estate. To add value, these data should be processed, combined or visualized. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between open government data and data innovation and business development in the life insurance industry of insurance companies. A questionnaire was used to collect data and a random sampling method was used. In this research, 127 employees of life insurers' life insurance companies were selected as the sample for answering the questionnaire. A questionnaire was distributed among different levels of insurance life insurance companies and finally 98 people participated in the completion of the questionnaire. The findings, based on the results of the hypothesis test, indicate that open government data is effective on business development, and the variable of data innovation has a mediating role.. Manuscript profile

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45 - Designing a Model for the Realization of Economic Complexity, Based on the Meta-Analysis of Scientific Research
azadeh leili Mina Ranjbarfard

10.52547/jstpi.20667.15.60.9

20.1001.1.17355486.1398.15.60.1.1

Implementing Business Intelligence Systems (BI) requires a lot of resources and time. The statistics show that billions of dollars are spent on these business intelligence systems (BIS), which show how important they are. Also, the cost of these systems is a large part More

Implementing Business Intelligence Systems (BI) requires a lot of resources and time. The statistics show that billions of dollars are spent on these business intelligence systems (BIS), which show how important they are. Also, the cost of these systems is a large part of the expense of the organization. Unfortunately, with all these huge costs in these systems, more than half of the BI projects do not go to the real benefits of business intelligence systems. Here's one reason why organizations are not able to grasp the real benefits of business intelligence systems: Many of them are not ready for these systems. This is due to some of the challenges in implementing BI systems in organizations. BI implementation experiences show that the successful implementation of BI is beyond the implementation of technical infrastructure (hardware aspects) and requires the control of soft aspects and change management, which are recognized as the most difficult aspects of the successful implementation of BI applications. Business intelligence is a complex concept and has multi-layered architecture, which is why the BI readiness model is needed. Assessing BI readiness identifies specific implementation risk sections to manage and reduce these risks and thus increase the likelihood of BI success. So far, several models have been developed to prepare BI systems. In this paper, introduced models for BI readiness are presented, and then these models are compared based on the factors influencing BI readiness. Manuscript profile

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46 - Requirment of Native Inclusive Social Networks Development
Sahar Kousari ali sharifi Alireza Yari

10.52547/jstpi.20675.15.59.44

20.1001.1.17355486.1398.15.59.3.1

Social networks with more than a decade of experience in providing services and attracting countless user globally have reached a significant economic profitability. Entrance into the social networking market requires creating an innovative, entrepreneurial and secure e More

Social networks with more than a decade of experience in providing services and attracting countless user globally have reached a significant economic profitability. Entrance into the social networking market requires creating an innovative, entrepreneurial and secure environment for business. From the viewpoint of native social networking, in addition to the above requirements, this requires financial and infrastructures support as well as a comprehensive strategy. In Iran, along with the global trend of technology, numerous communication and social networks have been launched, which in most cases, their experience has not been successful. In this paper, by studying successful experiences in this field, the existential and obligatory requirements of the coverage of these networks in the country are determined and successful factors of the social network identified. Finally, based on the results obtained and modeling the successful factors of social networks from the perspective of business and users, the vast challenges of native social networks have been extracted and policies and solutions proposed for each of challenges. Attention to the needs of young people, using existing on-line social network analysis, transparency of related lows and regulations, providing incentive and infrastructure supports, considering criteria and cultural and social norms, innovating in business models and creating free-to-access; are suggested strategies for developing native social networks. Manuscript profile

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47 - The Role of Business Knowledge in the Process of Internationalization of Companies
Hossein Abbasi-Esfanjani Minoo Salimi Mohammad taghei khodaei -gargarei

10.7508/jstpi.2019.02.002

20.1001.1.17355486.1398.15.58.5.1

The main aim of this paper is to identify the knowledge elements that play a crucial role in the internationalization process of companies. Reviewing research literature shows, Companies that use the two-dimensional model for business knowledge divide knowledge into two More

The main aim of this paper is to identify the knowledge elements that play a crucial role in the internationalization process of companies. Reviewing research literature shows, Companies that use the two-dimensional model for business knowledge divide knowledge into two dimensions: explicit or tacit nature, and the nature of the codified or uncodified. This model states that the tacit knowledge is difficult to transfer to others, while the explicit and uncodified knowledge component is the simplest form of knowledge for transferring to others. The statistical population of the study consist of managers and experts of the foreign trade sector (export and import) of companies that were present in international markets. For this purpose, 104 companies were selected from among five different types of business in East Azerbaijan province, and for data gathering, questionnaire was applied. Findings show that all variables of individual competency of employees, organizational beliefs and habits, and corporate procedures are related to the degree of internationalization. However, the strongest link between internationalization and various elements of business knowledge was identified in the field of organizational beliefs and habits, and individual competence of employees. Manuscript profile

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48 - 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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49 - 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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50 - South Korea as a suitable model for national planning in the development of blockchain technology ecosystem
Mohammad Kazem Sayadi Atefe Farazmand

10.52547/jstpi.20958.17.68.62

20.1001.1.17355486.1400.17.68.2.2

Blockchain is a distributed and intact database technology that can be used to store any data, including financial transactions, and has the ability to build trust in an unreliable environment. In the blockchain, trust is transferred from centralized intermediaries to t More

Blockchain is a distributed and intact database technology that can be used to store any data, including financial transactions, and has the ability to build trust in an unreliable environment. In the blockchain, trust is transferred from centralized intermediaries to technical infrastructure developers, leading to reliable transactions between nodes that are not necessarily trustworthy. Blockchain as a disruptive technology will affect the economy and governance in societies. Different blockchains run different governance mechanisms. All blockchains fall into a range that ranges from completely public and unlicensed blockchains such as Bitcoin to completely private and licensed blockchains. Blockchain, which is the basic technology of cryptocurrencies, will establish a new economic system by making deep changes in our communication methods over the Internet. This technology will change information security, transparency and governance. Due to the emphasis of this technology on security, trust and transparency, different sectors and different vertical businesses tend to use this technology. With the expansion of the use of this technology in different companies and countries, it is necessary to determine the country's plan to manage this technology. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the requirements for the development of the blockchain ecosystem in the country. In this article, we review the plan and strategy of South Korea as a model for the development of this technology in our country. Then, using the program of this country, we will present the requirements for developing the blockchain ecosystem in our country. Manuscript profile

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51 - The Protection of New Technological Methods of Business in the Patent System
hossein sadeghi Mahdi Naser

10.52547/jstpi.20970.18.69.10

20.1001.1.17355486.1400.18.69.11.6

Until the last two decades, the prevailing view has always been that business methods are excluded from the scope of patent. Therefore, according to the laws of many countries, including Iran, business methods are mentioned as one of the exceptions to the scope of paten More

Until the last two decades, the prevailing view has always been that business methods are excluded from the scope of patent. Therefore, according to the laws of many countries, including Iran, business methods are mentioned as one of the exceptions to the scope of patent. However, along with technological developments and the development of new business methods based on computer technologies, electronic communication tools, e-commerce models and apps, legal and judicial developments have limited the scope of this exception and accepted the possibility of registering business methods that would lead to the creation of a new and practical technical effect. In this article, using Descriptive-analytical research method, based on the data obtained from the library study, while examining the existing capacities and challenges in the legal system of Iran, the situation in some other legal systems such as the United States and the procedure of the European Patent Office has been examined. Manuscript profile

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52 - Providing Online Shopping Model in the Small and Medium Businesses Online from the Perspective of Entrepreneurs with a Qualitative Approach
mojtaba nasiri hossein vazifehdoost mohammad ali nasimi HOSSEIN Dide Khani

10.52547/jstpi.20973.17.68.11

20.1001.1.17355486.1400.17.68.5.5

Online shopping is one of the new ways of buying and selling in small and medium-sized online non-physical businesses, which is the result of rapid growth and increasing use of computer technology and makes sellers of businesses and buyers communicate much more efficie More

Online shopping is one of the new ways of buying and selling in small and medium-sized online non-physical businesses, which is the result of rapid growth and increasing use of computer technology and makes sellers of businesses and buyers communicate much more efficiently through the Internet and make the exchange process more efficient. The purpose of this study was to provide an online shopping model in the field of small and medium online businesses from the perspective of entrepreneurs using theme analysis method. In order to conduct the research, a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs in the field of small and medium business online has been used. The sample size included a total of 12 people with purposeful sampling logic until theoretical saturation was achieved. Data coding was performed using Max Kyoda software. Findings showed that online shopping model in the field of small and medium businesses online with 9 main themes and 45 sub-themes (website infrastructure factors, marketing factors, online shopping experience, political factors, technology-transportation factors, factors Economic, security and risk, social factors, consumer characteristics) are explained. It is suggested that studies of customers' online shopping behavior be prioritized for small and medium-sized online businesses in order to use its findings in the correct and timely identification of consumer behavioral tastes. Manuscript profile

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53 - Providing an IT commercialization model in online business by focusing on tourism industry
Hamed Khatami Nejad mohammad ali nasimi Behzad Farrokh Seresht

10.52547/jstpi.20993.18.70.32

20.1001.1.17355486.1401.18.70.3.4

One of the main reasons for the rapid development of technology in industrialized countries has been the attention to the commercialization process. Commercialization is a prerequisite for achieving competitive advantages and entering today's businesses in various fiel More

One of the main reasons for the rapid development of technology in industrialized countries has been the attention to the commercialization process. Commercialization is a prerequisite for achieving competitive advantages and entering today's businesses in various fields of information technology. The purpose of this study is to present an IT commercialization model in online businesses. In order to conduct the research, the qualitative research approach and based on the data method of the foundation using semi-structured interviews with experts in the field of information technology commercialization have been used. The sample size included a total of 12 people by judgmental sampling method until theoretical saturation was achieved. Data encoding was performed using Max Kyoda software. Findings showed that commercialization of information technology in online businesses with 10 components including (economic factors, legal issues, structure, factors related to marketing, management factors, factors affecting business, political issues, cultural prerequisites , Business environment, technology management) were explained. It is suggested that in order to achieve successful commercialization in online tourism businesses, infrastructure indicators should be constantly monitored. Prioritize cultural support for the organization's commercialization activities, change and encourage consumer attitudes, and create a positive attitude toward information technology. Due to the lack of research in the field of commercialization of knowledge-based products, it is suggested to study the model of commercialization of knowledge-based products with emphasis on information technology. Manuscript profile

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54 - Science and Technology Parks and Incubators in Iran: Review
Mahdieh Rezaeisadrabadi

10.52547/jstpi.21008.17.66.53

20.1001.1.17355486.1400.17.66.7.3

Science and Technology parks (STPs) and Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) are globally considered as effective centers to achieve development goals and promotion of R&D plans. These centers not only bridge the gap between universities and industry, but also facilita More

Science and Technology parks (STPs) and Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) are globally considered as effective centers to achieve development goals and promotion of R&D plans. These centers not only bridge the gap between universities and industry, but also facilitate the transfer of technology and knowledge by employing alumni population and accelerate the movement towards knowledge-based economic growth. On the other hand, the possibility of international communication between STPs and TBIs provides a favorable situation for scientific & technological cooperation between them and other similar centers and technology companies. Therefore, providing a comprehensive national picture of the overall situation of the STPs and TBIs in line with the policy making of technology in Islamic Republic of IRAN is important. According to the data collected until the end of July 2018, there are currently 36 STP and 83 TBI under non-STP organizations across five national regions. In this paper, the data collection was carried out via a questionnaire in partnership with the Rooyesh ICT Incubator and the Ministry of Science, research and Technology (MSRT). This study, tries to analyze various aspects of the situation of STPs and TBIs in Iran based on the qualitative standards of the reports published by International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP). Manuscript profile

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55 - Presenthing Metasynthesis and Interpretive Structural Modelling Approaches in Modeling the Cloud Business Intelligence in SMEs
Fatemeh Hamidinava َAbdolhamid Ebrahimy ROOHALLAH SAMIEE HOSSEIN Dide Khani

10.52547/jstpi.21027.18.70.49

20.1001.1.17355486.1401.18.70.7.8

Tourism small and medium enterprises (TSMEs( are more responsive to market demand when compared with larger companies. And if they use business intelligence system, they can enjoy high competition. The cloud platform for implementing business intelligence reduces mainte More

Tourism small and medium enterprises (TSMEs( are more responsive to market demand when compared with larger companies. And if they use business intelligence system, they can enjoy high competition. The cloud platform for implementing business intelligence reduces maintenance and implementation costs for these businesses.The globalization of the markets requires the adaptation of the firm for business sustainability . Cloud deployments of BI and analytics platforms have the potential to reduce cost of ownership and speed time to deployment. In order to subsist, TSMEs have to take advantage of the new technology and new concepts for survival .The statistical population in the qualitative phase included 19 academics and experienced experts in the area of business intelligence .chosen by the purposive sampling approach. Further, in the quantitative phase, 393 people among the mangers of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Mazandaran Province, Iran, were participated. In the current study, the Meta-synthesis method has been utilized to identify the fundamental categories of business intelligence (BI). Fuzzy Delphi method (FDM) has been applied for parameter validation purposes, and eventually, the Cloud business intelligence model has been presented through exploiting the interpretive structural modeling. Final indices, 6 main factors, 27 sub-factors and 34 identifiers were obtained. In this regard, the data analysis process has been performed by MATLAB and MicMac software. Our research has shown that the two main themes of business stimuli and characteristics have the highest influence on other variables.. Manuscript profile

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56 - Designing a policy model for financing technological entrepreneurship in the early stages of creating a business in Iran
Mohsen Noorali Sorkhani eynollah keshavarz tork Moqtadaalanam Ravanbakhsh,

10.52547/jstpi.27273.18.71.1

20.1001.1.17355486.1401.18.71.6.9

the present study seeks to semantically reconstruct the various dimensions of the model / optimal model of technological entrepreneurship financing policy in the early stages of business creation using the combined approach and the exploratory goal of the field theory a More

the present study seeks to semantically reconstruct the various dimensions of the model / optimal model of technological entrepreneurship financing policy in the early stages of business creation using the combined approach and the exploratory goal of the field theory analysis method in the qualitative section and using the opinions of senior managers. And the professors specializing in this field have examined the existing concepts and interpretations from their point of view and in the quantitative part a questionnaire has been made using the main concepts extracted from the qualitative part in order to generalize and confirm the findings. In this research, first in order to identify financing methods and also the criteria for selecting the appropriate financing method, fuzzy Delphi method is used and then to determine priorities, hierarchical analysis is used and after determining these weights through TOPSIS method to prioritize the option. The issues raised were addressed. The results showed that among the methods of financing the formation of cooperative companies (0.93), receiving facilities with weight (0.87), issuing participation bonds with weight (0.72), creating investment companies (0.60), presence in the stock market (0.33) ), Creating a plan as a shareholder (0.22), and finally attracting foreign capital (0.00001) had the highest and lowest priority among financing methods, respectively. Manuscript profile

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57 - Analysis of factors affecting the success of agricultural start-ups in the country
mohsen khosravi majid nasiri parviz saeidi

10.61186/jstpi.32320.19.73.1

20.1001.1.17355486.1401.19.73.4.4

Today, the importance of start-up agricultural businesses is more than ever, and to achieve this, it is necessary to provide the right environment and conditions for start-up businesses. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors affecting the success of start More

Today, the importance of start-up agricultural businesses is more than ever, and to achieve this, it is necessary to provide the right environment and conditions for start-up businesses. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors affecting the success of start-up agricultural businesses. This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of implementation method, which was done with a mixed exploratory approach. The statistical population in the qualitative stage was 11 university experts who were selected by purposeful method and snowball. In the quantitative stage, all the experts of the country's new agricultural businesses were 200 people. Simple random sampling method was used. The Delphi method was used to identify the factors and the structural equation modeling method with Smart PLS3 software was used to analyze the relationships of the variables. The results showed that the factors affecting the success of start-up agricultural businesses include 51 components in the form of 9 dimensions (individual capabilities, human resources, environmental factors, marketing activities, financial issues, product development, customer satisfaction, strategy, networking). Also, the results of structural equations showed that individual capabilities (0.317), human resources (0.356), environmental factors (0.438), marketing activities (0.378), financial issues (0.404), product development (0.399) Customer satisfaction (0.415), Strategy (0.329), Networking (0.426) have a positive and significant effect on the success of start-up agricultural businesses. Finally, it can be said that the success of start-up agricultural businesses is an important strategy for promoting agricultural entrepreneurship. Manuscript profile

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58 - Designing a capability-based university entrepreneurship model in the Islamic Azad University of Golestan Province
Fereydoon Azma Faezeh Rezaei Roohalla Samee'i Samereh Shojaei

10.61186/jstpi.33123.19.73.57

20.1001.1.17355486.1401.19.73.5.5

Today, unemployment of university graduates is one of the concerns of the government, the key to solve which is in universities. This study aimed to present a model of capability-based university entrepreneurship. This research is qualitative and based on Grounded Theor More

Today, unemployment of university graduates is one of the concerns of the government, the key to solve which is in universities. This study aimed to present a model of capability-based university entrepreneurship. This research is qualitative and based on Grounded Theory. Participants included academic experts in field of entrepreneurship selected purposefully. Research data were collected through in-depth that reached theoretical saturation in the 15th interview. Interviews were analyzed in three stages of open, axial and selective coding. To validate the findings, long-term engagement measures and continuous observation, review by participants, peer review and triangulation technique were performed and to assess reliability, the criteria of reliability, transferability, reliability and verification were used. Findings showed that causal conditions include structural, innovative, supportive and environmental factors; Intervening conditions include policy-making, university dependence on financial resources, and access to the international market; Context conditions include upgrading the infrastructure of the university, developing the vision of the university entrepreneurship system, contriving entrepreneurial opportunities, the optimal distribution of financial resources for doing business, and contriving the research and commercialization process at the university. Strategies include formulating a vision for entrepreneurial activities, combining theoretical and empirical knowledge related to entrepreneurship, proper interaction between university and industry, providing entrepreneurial standards by long-term plans, and establishing a technology licensing office which lead to consequences including improving the commercialization of academic findings, creating growth centers and technology, employment based on entrepreneurial spirit, the growth of knowledge-based business activities and the institutionalization of entrepreneurial spirit among managers, employees, students and professors. Manuscript profile

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59 - Designing a model based on blockchain technology to strengthen cyber security in the banking industry
hossein amoozadkhalili neda haghi Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam

10.61186/jstpi.33168.19.76.60

20.1001.1.17355486.1402.19.76.3.3

Designing a model based on blockchain technology to strengthen cyber security in the banking industry is one of the new methods studied in the banking industry to strengthen cyber security. Accordingly, this study seeks to achieve the goal of evaluating a model based on More

Designing a model based on blockchain technology to strengthen cyber security in the banking industry is one of the new methods studied in the banking industry to strengthen cyber security. Accordingly, this study seeks to achieve the goal of evaluating a model based on blockchain technology to strengthen cyber security in the banking industry based on artificial neural networks. This model is based on a conceptual model used in an MLP neural network simulation that simulates a blockchain-like process. Also, the neural networks created in the block chain have a strong connection and the possibility of breaking them is low. The data became closer to normal distribution after learning, indicating that blockchain technology will be able to provide cyber security. The level of correlation and efficiency presented was also reported and the findings of the study showed that the efficiency related to blockchain technologies after learning reached the level of 770.57 units, which shows that using the MLP method to learn the process of blockchain technology can be Lead to greater efficiency for cyber security. Also, the value of variance is equal to 27.77 and the mean value of computational values is equal to 0.35 and the value of correlation is equal to 0.99. Manuscript profile

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60 - Designing a Digital Business Ecosystem Model with an E-learning Approach Using Structural Equation Modeling
usef sepehriazad morteza mosakhani Ali Davari

10.61186/jstpi.33645.19.74.70

20.1001.1.17355486.1402.19.74.6.2

Given that there is a significant gap in the conceptualization of e-learning business ecosystem with e-learning approach, this paper introduces a conceptual framework of e-learning business ecosystem in the digital age by combining two concepts: digital business ecosyst More

Given that there is a significant gap in the conceptualization of e-learning business ecosystem with e-learning approach, this paper introduces a conceptual framework of e-learning business ecosystem in the digital age by combining two concepts: digital business ecosystem and e-learning ecosystem. In order to design and explain the model of digital business ecosystem, the e-learning application has been implemented. Therefore, this research is fundamental in terms of orientation and exploratory in terms of purpose, and uses a descriptive-correlation approach to analyze the data for a quantitative stage. In this study, a conceptual model was developed by summarizing theories using library review methods, expert opinions and by reviewing studies conducted in digital businesses and e-learning (virtual education), dimensions, factors and components affecting the design of digital business ecosystem model. E-learning has been selected and extracted and the relevant indicators and the proposed conceptual model have been used to design the questionnaire. In the inferential findings and hypothesis testing section, the confirmatory factor analysis technique and the structural equation modeling technique were used. In this study, data were analyzed using SmartPLS2 software. The maximum alpha error level for testing the hypotheses was considered 0.05. As a result of the framework of the digital business ecosystem with the e-learning approach in the digital age based on dimensions and concepts: technology (infrastructure), cultural and social factors, individuals (talents), Information literacy, government and regulations, networks and interactions, stakeholders (markets and customers), environmental factors, capital, financial assistance, business factors, organizational factors, educational factors, innovation, support, evaluation are introduced. Manuscript profile

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61 - Introducing robotic process automation as the connection point of Internet of everything with artificial intelligence projects
Seyed Omid Azarkasb Seyed Hossein Khasteh

10.61186/jstpi.34055.19.76.42

20.1001.1.17355486.1402.19.76.4.4

Robotic process automation is an emerging technology, which can be used to automate repetitive tasks with large but low volume. Automation space consists of providers of construction, operation and transfer contracts, consulting, business process automation and cloud ro More

Robotic process automation is an emerging technology, which can be used to automate repetitive tasks with large but low volume. Automation space consists of providers of construction, operation and transfer contracts, consulting, business process automation and cloud robotics process automation and markets. Automation refers to the use of technology to perform various tasks with minimal human intervention, so that the automation of the robotic process, intelligent process and various operations of the artificial intelligence business are its main components. In the meantime, the Internet of Things is one of the most up-to-date technologies in the new age of information and communication, which has a concept very close to the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things is a term used to describe physical objects around the world using their digital communication, while the Internet is all about data sets, considering people and processes. The reason for paying attention to the automation of the robotic process is the continuous expansion of the artificial intelligence market due to the widespread use of this technology in most important fields, especially in the components of the Internet. To make the most of robotic process automation, multiple discrete automations as well as artificial intelligence technologies can be used. With this approach, the robotic automation process can be considered as the connection point of everything Internet to software artificial intelligence projects. Therefore, robotic process automation, which aims to improve business processes, is proposed as an Internet connection point for everything with artificial intelligence projects. Manuscript profile

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62 - Design and validation the model of technological platforms capabilities in the cosmetics industry
Seyed rasoul Hoseini Tooraj sadeghi Ali Hosseinzadeh ساحل فرخيان

10.61186/jstpi.34401.19.76.47

20.1001.1.17355486.1402.19.76.11.1

A company's performance depends on its ability to produce a steady stream of new products and the rapid return on large investment costs. Therefore, it is important to adopt product production strategies based on the platform and utilize its capabilities. Therefore, the More

A company's performance depends on its ability to produce a steady stream of new products and the rapid return on large investment costs. Therefore, it is important to adopt product production strategies based on the platform and utilize its capabilities. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to design and validate the capabilities of technological platforms. The method of the present study is based on a mixed approach and qualitatively and quantitatively in the inductive paradigm. The qualitative population studied in the present study consists of 16 university professors in the field of business management, business management and information technology management. In a small part, managers, supervisors and companies active in the cosmetics industry were included as the statistical population of this study. In order to validate the research model, 150 questionnaires were distributed among the quantitative community. Validation of the present research model was performed using structural equation modeling with partial least squares approach using SMART-PLS software. The analysis of the interview data using the data-based method was based on the systematic approach of Strauss and Corbin (1998) , based on three stages of open, axial and selective coding. This study also showed that causal conditions have a positive and significant effect on the central phenomenon of supply chain integration and organizational integration, the central phenomenon on strategies and strategies on outcomes. Also, the impact of the central phenomenon of research on strategies has been adjusted by the contextual conditions and intervening factors. Manuscript profile

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63 - A Development for Sustainable Business Model of Ecolodges
Hamid Hashemi mahmoud ziaei Vajhollah ghorbanizadeh mahmoud jomehpour

10.52547/jstpi.36888.18.72.1

20.1001.1.17355486.1401.18.72.7.2

Considering the increasing development of ecolodges in Iran and also their role in the development of sustainable tourism, it seems that a comprehensive and successful business model for this socio-economic institution has not yet been introduced. The purpose of this st More

Considering the increasing development of ecolodges in Iran and also their role in the development of sustainable tourism, it seems that a comprehensive and successful business model for this socio-economic institution has not yet been introduced. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting the sustainability of ecolodges and propose a sustainable business model based on the knowledge of experts and managers of these businesses. The research method of this paper is qualitative and thematic analysis has been used with deductive approach and descriptive-inferential method. The required data has been provided through the analysis of semi-structured experts interviews. The research community has been the managers of successful ecolodges and knowledgeable university professors and experts in the field of entrepreneurship and tourism in the country. Purposeful judgmental sampling method was used to select the research sample and the interviews were continued until theoretical saturation. The research tools were semi-structured in-depth interviews as well as the results based on the themes obtained from the content analysis of scientific texts. The findings show that according to the proposed sustainable business model, ecolodges need to be integrated and important for all three dimensions of economy, community and environment in order to have long-term sustainability and survival. The results of this study show that the sustainability of new businesses and ecolodges depends on adopting a diverse income portfolio and trying to achieve benefits in three dimensions: economic, socio-cultural, environmental, in other words, attention to the benefits, people and land. Manuscript profile

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

10.61186/jstpi.37987.19.75.33

20.1001.1.17355486.1402.19.75.5.3

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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65 - A Systematic Overview of Entrepreneurial Marketing: An Analysis of Components and Deterrents in Online Business Using the Hybrid Technique
mahdi kasegarha Mohammad javad Taghi porian Javad Gilanipor Mehran Mokhtari

10.61186/jstpi.39530.19.73.8

20.1001.1.17355486.1401.19.73.7.7

The interaction of marketing and entrepreneurship has occupied an important part of marketing research in the last decade. Marketing has a lot to offer entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial marketing is a concept that has emerged from the level of sharing of two areas of marke More

The interaction of marketing and entrepreneurship has occupied an important part of marketing research in the last decade. Marketing has a lot to offer entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial marketing is a concept that has emerged from the level of sharing of two areas of marketing and entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial marketing in the field of online business is always growing and its fields are expanding day by day. Entrepreneurial marketing requires a valid and reliable scale to measure the underlying dimensions and factors in any type of business environment, which requires that it be done in a principled manner and in accordance with scientific methods. Therefore, by understanding this issue, by conducting this research, we are seeking to identify the components and inhibiting factors with the help of hybridization method. The considered articles and researches were considered from among the studied articles and books, using the CASP method, and the main indicators were extracted through the document analysis method and using the MaxQD software. Necessary aggregation and clustering were done, then they were organized in the form of concepts and components. The results showed that the factors inhibiting entrepreneurial marketing include two main components of internal factors (environmental disturbance, government problems, limited market share, lack of customer commitment, technological change, and market problems) and external factors (management challenges, human barriers, lack of resources, and limitations) are classified. Manuscript profile

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66 - 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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