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  1 - Evaluation of the Success Rate of Technology Units Located in Science and Technology Parks and Incubators
  Alireza Motmany Mohammad Hoseinabadi Amin Hemmati
  Knowledge-based companies are established to turn innovative ideas into products, create sustainable technology-based jobs, commercialize research, create synergy between science and wealth, and to empower and guide university graduates towards success in the business e More

  Knowledge-based companies are established to turn innovative ideas into products, create sustainable technology-based jobs, commercialize research, create synergy between science and wealth, and to empower and guide university graduates towards success in the business environment. A successful factor for these companies can be their involvement in science and technology parks and incubators. These parks and incubators can be considered as key infrastructures providing legal and commercial supports for these companies for leading them to success. This study aims at determining the success rate of knowledge-based firms located in science and technology parks or incubators. It also targets eliciting the correlation between the success of these companies and their number of employees. The correlation between their success and the time period during which these companies are residing at parks or incubators will also be investigated. The study will be based on a questionnaire survey on the statistical population of science and technology parks in Iran in 2010. The data collected from the current 758 tenants has been analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results show that the success rate of target companies was 68%. The chi-square test shows that the rates of success are not equal in different science and technology parks. The average numbers of workers in successful and unsuccessful tenants have been 5 and 2.8 respectively. The analysis of variance also shows the average numbers of workers are not equal in different science and technology parks. By using the chi-square test, the relationship between the number of employees and success is significant; and by increasing the number of workers, the rate of success in tenants has increased. The average duration of time within which tenants have been residing at parks or incubators has been 22 months. The chi-square test confirmed a significant relationship between their duration of stay and the success rate. Manuscript profile
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  2 - The Importance of Multiplicity and Variety of Resources in Success of Forming Process in Research Spin-Off (RSO) Companies
  Mazaher Ziyaei
  The importance of creating Research Spin Off (RSO) companies as the most tangible tool in commercialization of research achievements, increasingly catches more attentions. But it is the most complex tool, too. The main aspect of this complexity is multiplicity and varie More

  The importance of creating Research Spin Off (RSO) companies as the most tangible tool in commercialization of research achievements, increasingly catches more attentions. But it is the most complex tool, too. The main aspect of this complexity is multiplicity and variety of resources which should be available at the right time and portion for success of the process. The aim of this article is showing this multiplicity and variety of resources and their role in policy making for successful RSO companies, by having a glance at Iran’s circumstances. It starts by having a look at the RSO concepts and the studies of their formation in an "open innovation model", then the two aspects of this process; knowledge and the financial and necessary resources for developing in these companies are studied. It shows that financing is not the only needed resource at the beginning stages, but a variety of technical, financial, social and human resources are needed, too. The existence of experienced consultant teams, access to scientific, technologic, industrial and commercial networks and experts of technology transferring, commercialization and management of growth companies are some of them. In conclusion it emphasizes that in Iran only some resources for the start stages are considered but more resources are needed in the middle and final stages of process . Manuscript profile
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  3 - Recognition and evaluation the critical success factors in Iran Science and Technology Parks in the point of views of some experts
  Seyed reza Salami Behnush Mody Mehrdad Shafiei
  Science and Technology Park as a part of national innovation system and a segment of knowledge based economic development, by providing necessary conditions for marketing researches and by trading the results of the researches, play an effective role in accelerating the More

  Science and Technology Park as a part of national innovation system and a segment of knowledge based economic development, by providing necessary conditions for marketing researches and by trading the results of the researches, play an effective role in accelerating the procedure of transforming the ideas into the products and in developing the technology. For reaching these purposes a science and technology park _just like any other organizations_ necessarily must have some characteristics without which it cannot have an effective function based on requirements and targets. These characteristics are the main elements of a Science and Technology Park in a way that lack of any of them can bar the path of success. In fact these elements are the fundamental parts (unrepeatable ones) that they should have been reached as inductor purposes in order to reach the main purposes. In management literature, these factors are called “critical success factors". In this research after examining the theoretical resources, the critical success factors of science and Technology Park mentioned in twenty eight factors set in four groups consist of: local factors, indicative factors, management factors and social and cultural factors, and then these factors evaluate by experts in mutual comparisons. The results indicate that among these four groups, the management factors are the most important ones and among those reached factors the following are considered to be the most significant factors: having strategy, purposes and definite planes, dominance of managers on discussions about science and technology parks, the existence of political atmosphere for supporting the park and its purposes, defining formal criteria for reception and attendance, evaluating and controlling the activities of resident firms in the park. Manuscript profile
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  4 - Investigating and Prioritizing Factors Affecting Successful Transfer of Information System Technologies in Auto and Parts Factories in Iran
  Mansoor Sabeti Seyed mohammadreza Razavi
  Information is the driving force for today's knowledge economy and information systems are tools for information application. While numerous benefits of information systems are proven, substantial risk of failure is still burdening implementation of such projects. To re More

  Information is the driving force for today's knowledge economy and information systems are tools for information application. While numerous benefits of information systems are proven, substantial risk of failure is still burdening implementation of such projects. To reduce the risk, attention must be paid to critical success factors. After reviewing the relevant literature, success factors for the transfer of information system technologies are identified. Using such factors, this research evaluates and prioritizes them in the context of Pars Khodro and Saipa Auto Companies, as well as Sazeh Gostar Parts Co. in Iran. A questionnaire was administered among 32 IS/IT experts and consultants in those firms. The chosen firms have had experience with the transfer of information system technologies like MES and ERP. The proposed classification in this research divides critical success factors into three broad categories: organizational factors, tactical factors, and technical factors. Consistent with others' findings in the area of information systems, this research finds that the managerial, organizational and tactical factors dominate the technical aspect, and special attention to the former reduces the risk of failure associated with the implementation of information systems. As one of the primary objectives of this research, it has been found that the most important critical success factors in each category are: 1) Among organizational factors, the support and commitment of top management, and clear understanding of business objectives and organizational requirements are the most important; 2) Within tactical factors, effective project management and competent teams are critical; and 3) Among technical factors, adequate training, extensive organizational participation, and retention of skilled employees are important. Manuscript profile
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  5 - A Survey on Success Factors of Knowledge Management within Organizations
  Tahmoress Hasangholi pour Hasan Aubedi jafari Neda Khatibian
  Nowadays, knowledge introduced as a valuable and strategic resource and also is an asset and is the most important variable for growing organizations and enterprises in this era. Knowledge management introduced as an important action for organizations move into internat More

  Nowadays, knowledge introduced as a valuable and strategic resource and also is an asset and is the most important variable for growing organizations and enterprises in this era. Knowledge management introduced as an important action for organizations move into international competition and face with new business challenges. Therefore, aiming usage of knowledge as a strategic and competitive advantage, and so organizing knowledge management development steps in organizations requires specification of effective factors on organizations decisions in usage and optimizing knowledge management. Thus studying effective factors on knowledge management success is necessary. Identifying these factors can help organizations to requirements assessment, designing, programming, executing and implementing knowledge management projects and evaluating organization maturity level in knowledge management. This paper reviews and identifies factors and variables that affect on knowledge management successfulness in organizations, and at last identify and represent key factors and variables that affect on success of knowledge management projects. This factors that categorized with an attention to literature, showing essential and important scopes that require for successful implementation of knowledge management. Organizations can access to a stable competitive and successful advantage with specifying and emphasizing this factors and right using from their knowledge resources. Manuscript profile
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  6 - Investigation of success factors of Knowledge-based Companies
  Hamid Mahdavi MOrteza Rasti bozorgi Mohsen Fathollah Bayati
  Nowadays the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) is undeniably pivotal and fundamental. Investigating on such enterprises will lead to knowledge based economy. Focus on this issue has been recently increased in our country, and the government is paying more atten More

  Nowadays the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) is undeniably pivotal and fundamental. Investigating on such enterprises will lead to knowledge based economy. Focus on this issue has been recently increased in our country, and the government is paying more attention to supportive organizations. With respect to the significant role of these newly-established organizations, studying the factors of their success is of great importance. In this research, and from the company managers points of view, the important factors that are considered to be effective in success of the organizations have been ranked with respect to their importance. This paper is presented in two parts; the first part deals with the success factors of technology-based companies and in the second part suggestions and solutions for eliminating development obstacles are provided. Manuscript profile
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  7 - Ranking Factors in Successful Implementation of Knowledge Management in Knowledge Based Companies
  mahbobeh Haghi Morteza rasti bozorki Hamid Mahdavi
  10.7508/jstpi.2015.01.007
  Knowledge management is one of the appropriate solutions to earn utility and efficiency in organizations. Procedure of increasing the role of knowledge in the management of organizations has caused the concept of knowledge management to become the heart of the organizat More

  Knowledge management is one of the appropriate solutions to earn utility and efficiency in organizations. Procedure of increasing the role of knowledge in the management of organizations has caused the concept of knowledge management to become the heart of the organization's strategic policies. Accordingly, paying special attention to knowledge management and understanding the most important effective factors in its successful implementation is necessary to achieve the organization goals. Having studied various articles, in this article, 30 sub-factors in the forms of 7 main factors including leadership, organizational culture, resources and human resources, information technology, evaluation and performance measurement, strategies, processes and activities have been recognized. These factors are the effective ones in successful implementation of knowledge management in knowledge based organizations. The factors have been ranked by managers of knowledge based companies located in Isfahan Science and Technology town. According to this the priorities of main factors in the successful implementation of knowledge management have been determined in the form of resources and manpower, leadership, strategies, organizational culture, processes and activities, information technology and evaluation and performance measurement, among the effective sub-factors in successful implementation of knowledge management. Hiring qualified personnel, having the same prospect , creating appropriate space and time for brain storming and having a clear long- and short-term goals for knowledge management have the highest importance for the successful implementation of knowledge management in knowledge based organization, respectively. Manuscript profile
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  8 - The Study of the Affecting Factors of Knowledge Based Firms’ Growth and Success
  Mahdieh  Tari Mahmod Moradi Mostafa Ebrahim pour Azbary
  10.7508/jstpi.2016.01.005
  Nowadays, according to development of academic research in the field of high technologies, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in stimulating entrepreneurial growth and economic prosperity. So it is necessary to answer the question that what factors More

  Nowadays, according to development of academic research in the field of high technologies, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in stimulating entrepreneurial growth and economic prosperity. So it is necessary to answer the question that what factors causes this firms growth and success. The main purpose of this study is identifying the affecting factors of knowledge based firms growth and success by use of qualitative study. In terms of purpose, this study is practical and the analytical methodology was used. For this purpose semi-structured interview by using thematic analyzing is conducted. Experts whom interviewed are 20 executive managers of top and successful knowledge based firms located in Isfahan Science and Technology Town (ISTT) (Sheikh Bahai) in the last three years. The review of literature, and the results of interviews showed 3main themes that classify the affecting factors of knowledge based firms growth and success to 3 levels: individual, organizational and environmental. Based on the results, it seems that government and environmental conditions play a more important role in providing appropriate context for knowledge based firms’ growth and success. According to the interviews, view government and environmental conditions has main role in success and durability of knowledge based firms and spin-offs. Finally, based on the results, referring to existing shortcomings in the field of this firm’s activity and the main emphases of the experts, the necessary considerations for effective factors reinforcement has provided. Manuscript profile
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  9 - Marketing in Technological Small and Medium sized Companies; Challenges and Solutions
  Nargess Khanderoo Tooraj sadeghi Gholamreza Malekzadeh
  10.7508/jstpi.2015.03.004
  Development of successful strategic marketing programs for the commercialization of new technology represents a challenge for small and medium sized technology-based firms. The mechanics of developing successful marketing strategies for technological innovations is a co More

  Development of successful strategic marketing programs for the commercialization of new technology represents a challenge for small and medium sized technology-based firms. The mechanics of developing successful marketing strategies for technological innovations is a complex process from design to implementation. Technology-based SMEs play an important role in facilitating the ‘knowledge-based’ or ‘smart’ economies. However, technological superiority is not a guarantee for the success of a high-tech SMEs. Instead, the odds of success are maximized by a combination of technology superiority and marketing capability. In this paper, the characteristic of technology-oriented small and medium enterprises have examined according to the published key studies in the field of small and medium sized companies, the factors and barriers to the success of the companies mentioned briefly and given that marketing has been diagnosed as one of the success factors of technology-based small and medium enterprises, we reviewed the challenges and solutions of technology marketing to remind the managers of these companies that the success of a pure technology will not ensure the success of the company and marketing as one of the key elements and critical component of the success of technology-based small and medium enterprises should be a priority in their activities. Manuscript profile
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  10 - Identifying and Analyzing the Relationships of Successful Factors of Success with the Fuzzy Dematel Method, Case Study: Tehran Municipality Cultural and Cultural Organization
  hadi heidari gharehbolagh meysam ghaffari
  10.52547/jstpi.20793.17.67.21
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  The critical success factors for any business are a limited number of areas where satisfactory results in those domains will ensure successful competitive performance for organizations. In fact, the critical success factors for each organization's bottleneck are achievi More

  The critical success factors for any business are a limited number of areas where satisfactory results in those domains will ensure successful competitive performance for organizations. In fact, the critical success factors for each organization's bottleneck are achieving strategic interests. Key strengths and merits and weaknesses in these areas are known as bottlenecks. In this paper, a method is proposed based on the theme analysis, in which the critical factors of the cultural and artistic organization of the municipality of Tehran as well as the critical factors of the success of the regions are identified and elaborated. Then, during the design of the performance management system of the Tehran Municipality's Cultural and Artistic Organization, and as a result, the need to design key performance indicators and results, critical success factors as sources for extracting these indicators were considered by the researchers of this management system. In the results obtained, the factors influencing the implementation of innovative and effective programs, the delineation of the mission and cultural goals of the organization, the human resources system and reward system, the recognition of the cultural and artistic needs of the people of Tehran, the effectiveness of internal elements, increasing the influence of people in the city of Tehran And satisfaction of the audience as the critical success factors of the cultural-artistic organization of the municipality of Tehran were identified. Finally, for the analysis of the relationships between the critical factors, the fuzzy dematel method was used. Manuscript profile