Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran Journal of Entrepreneurship Development 2008-2266 10 2 2017 08 23 prioritizing the effective factors in the development of knowledge-based companies of Kerman prioritizing the effective factors in the development of knowledge-based companies of Kerman 319 338 63403 10.22059/jed.2017.230257.652181 FA Somayeh Mansuri M.A in Public Administrative, management fuculty, University of Sistan and Baluchestan Zahra Vazifeh Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration , University of Sistan and Baluchestan Halimeh Yusefi Tabas University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan Journal Article 2017 02 24 According to the importance of knowledge based firms in economic development and job creation, identification of strategies and factors affecting entrepreneurship development, supporting the commercialization of knowledge based products, and the environment in which those firms grow, are of paramount importance. The present research is applied in terms of goal, and is a descriptive survey in terms of data gathering method. The research population includes all the managers of the knowledge based firms located in the Science and Technology Park of Kerman (n=140), among which 103 managers are selected according to the Morgan's table, and a questionnaire is distributed using random sampling techniques. In this research, 50 development factors are recognized from a variety of methods, which are categorized in six groups. Next, the experts compared those factors. Then, the mentioned factors are ranked using Friedman test, as follows: development and technology center creation factors, socio-cultural factors, human resources factors, supportive factors affecting knowledge based institutions in producing technologies, governmental factors, and infrastructural factors.  According to the importance of knowledge based firms in economic development and job creation, identification of strategies and factors affecting entrepreneurship development, supporting the commercialization of knowledge based products, and the environment in which those firms grow, are of paramount importance. The present research is applied in terms of goal, and is a descriptive survey in terms of data gathering method. The research population includes all the managers of the knowledge based firms located in the Science and Technology Park of Kerman (n=140), among which 103 managers are selected according to the Morgan's table, and a questionnaire is distributed using random sampling techniques. In this research, 50 development factors are recognized from a variety of methods, which are categorized in six groups. Next, the experts compared those factors. Then, the mentioned factors are ranked using Friedman test, as follows: development and technology center creation factors, socio-cultural factors, human resources factors, supportive factors affecting knowledge based institutions in producing technologies, governmental factors, and infrastructural factors.  https://jed.ut.ac.ir/article_63403_bcb1ae5028cfa8132f666e5f33490491.pdf