Innovation and Technology
M.E. Zandi; M.S. Khayatian Yazdi; M. Mohammadi
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The purpose of this study was to identify innovation capacity in Information and communication technology-based firms. In this descriptive and analytical study, the research method was quantitative-qualitative, which was performed in two parts. The first part was done qualitatively through a literature ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify innovation capacity in Information and communication technology-based firms. In this descriptive and analytical study, the research method was quantitative-qualitative, which was performed in two parts. The first part was done qualitatively through a literature review and interviews with nine policy makers, experts, and managers of companies in the field of information and communication technology. In the second part, the model obtained from the previous stage was surveyed by distributing a questionnaire among 275 companies active in this field to assess the validity of the proposed model. In this research, the most important organizational factors affecting innovation capacity were collaboration and communication, resources of the idea, individual factors, organizational culture, strategies and technology management, knowledge management and organizational learning, and allocation of resources to innovation. In addition, the environmental factors affecting the innovation capacity were respectively institutional support, macroeconomic factors, and the firm location. The innovation outcomes, market outcomes, financial outcomes, and human outcomes were also the most important indicators of innovation capacity measurement. Additionally, environmental factors in promoting the innovation capacity of ICT firms were more important than organizational factors. The reason for this significance seems to be the high impacts of economic growth, stability, competitiveness, and government support for innovation on ICT NTBFs.
Leila Saiyadbidhendi; Mohammad Eskandarinoode; Fazile Khani
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Geography as an interdisciplinary science that always trying to play their proper role in development process, it has been focused so much attention on the women as half of development power. This research with interdisciplinary approach is trying to analyze influence ...
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Geography as an interdisciplinary science that always trying to play their proper role in development process, it has been focused so much attention on the women as half of development power. This research with interdisciplinary approach is trying to analyze influence of ICT on empowerment of rural women in the central part of LAHIJAN eparchy. Then applied the explanatory approach. Field studies and questionnaire technique also is used. Research hypothesis is based on that the ability of ICT explains part of rural women Empowerment. But the power levels at different stages, it is not homogeneous and harmonious and Welfare stage is stronger than the other stages. For last analysis, Factor and regression analysis were used. Research findings indicate that analysis supports the hypotheses. Finally, the conclusions were based on research findings were presented.
