Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran Journal of Entrepreneurship Development 2008-2266 9 2 2016 08 22 Performance improvement of Iranian knowledge based firm: Identify effective factors in ‎policies and executive programs ‎ Performance improvement of Iranian knowledge based firm: Identify effective factors in ‎policies and executive programs ‎ 199 217 60457 10.22059/jed.2016.60457 FA S Jalalpour Kabmiz Talebi Seyed Jamaledin Tabibi Journal Article 2015 11 19 he article investigates the factors in policies and executive programs affecting on performance of ‎Iranian knowledge based firms (KBFs). In recent years, creation and improving performance of ‎KBFs are increasingly considered by policymakers and executive managers. KBFs are often ‎considered as a desirable vehicle for transferring knowledge & technologies and also, ‎commercialization of university results. To move the research along, we examine the policies and ‎documents of some countries, study related papers and books, conducted semi-structured in-depth ‎interviews and Delphi technique to highlights factors and related criteria in policies and executive ‎programs affecting the performance of KBFs. We find set of factors including institutional, ‎financial, market, cultural, human, networking, informational, social-environment, geographical- ‎environment, international relations and physical infrastructure factors that exist in policies and ‎executive programs that affecting KBFs performance. Furthermore, we synthesize findings from ‎these results to a model. The factors and their related criteria and the final version model of this ‎study adopted with Iran conditions, so it can be useful for policy-makers, academics, strategists and ‎planners in the field of knowledge based firms.‎ he article investigates the factors in policies and executive programs affecting on performance of ‎Iranian knowledge based firms (KBFs). In recent years, creation and improving performance of ‎KBFs are increasingly considered by policymakers and executive managers. KBFs are often ‎considered as a desirable vehicle for transferring knowledge & technologies and also, ‎commercialization of university results. To move the research along, we examine the policies and ‎documents of some countries, study related papers and books, conducted semi-structured in-depth ‎interviews and Delphi technique to highlights factors and related criteria in policies and executive ‎programs affecting the performance of KBFs. We find set of factors including institutional, ‎financial, market, cultural, human, networking, informational, social-environment, geographical- ‎environment, international relations and physical infrastructure factors that exist in policies and ‎executive programs that affecting KBFs performance. Furthermore, we synthesize findings from ‎these results to a model. The factors and their related criteria and the final version model of this ‎study adopted with Iran conditions, so it can be useful for policy-makers, academics, strategists and ‎planners in the field of knowledge based firms.‎ https://jed.ut.ac.ir/article_60457_a59e250d88a8634e7359e35a5e2ea8d5.pdf