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An empirical investigation of entrepreneurship intensity in Iranian state universities |
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| Authors: | Mohammad Mahdavi Mazdeh Seyed-Mostafa Razavi Roozbeh Hesamamiri Mohammad-Reza Zahedi Behin Elahi |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran 3. National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP), Molla-sadra Ave., Tehran, Iran 2. Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study is to propose a framework to evaluate the entrepreneurship intensity (EI) of Iranian state universities. In order to determine EI, a hybrid multi-method framework consisting of Delphi, Analytic Network Process (ANP), and VIKOR is proposed. The Delphi method is used to localize and reduce the number of criteria extracted from a deep literature review, according to the social and economic conditions of Iranian state universities by using an expert panel, including sixty-eight country-wide academicians and practitioners. After that, a group approach to ANP was utilized as an evaluation method to derive the weights of each criterion. Next, the evaluation data were gathered through a questionnaire, and, finally, the compromise ranking of universities was calculated using the VIKOR method. Moreover, this study applies weight-variance analysis (WVA) to suggest improvement actions. The paper proposes an evaluation framework for determining the performance of entrepreneurship development initiatives in universities. By using this framework, twenty-two Iranian state universities are evaluated in terms of their EI, and the results are discussed. |
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