Identifying and Prioritization Institutional Factors Influencing on Choosing Academic Researches Commercialization Strategies in Nanotechnology

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 M.S. Student, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Tehran University, Iran.

2 Assistant Prof., Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Tehran University, Iran.

Abstract

Locating in the world’s twelfth position in nano-science production, Islamic Republic of Iran can achieve a suitable place in the commercialization and wealth creation of nanotechnology. This research aims to identify and prioritize institutional factors influence choosing of academic researches commercialization strategy in nanotechnology. This research is applicable from purpose point of view and is qualitative - quantitative from point of data collection. The statistical population of the qualitative research part are academic experts and of quantitative part are companies active in nanotechnology. Data collection was conducted through interviews in qualitative part and through questionnaire in quantitative part, and also data analysis methods were primary, open, axial and selective coding in qualitative part and confirmatory factor analysis and paired comparison in quantitative part. The findings show that six institutional factors affect choosing academic research commercialization strategies for nanotechnology in Iran which are history background and contracts of university, university culture, supporting institutions, university goals and missions, university’s social capital and university policies in priority order. The six factors have been identified and prioritized in 20 sub-factors

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Industrial Management Journal
Volume 4, Issue 1
April 2012
Pages 69-74

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