Authors : Najmeh Avazpour and Ali Naghi Mosleh Shirazi
Abstract: Knowledge-based companies are recognized as important sources of income, employment and also a considerable factor in economic development that reduce inflation and increase revenues with the aid of productivity. Current research has been carried out in order to further understanding of a knowledge-based company. This will help define the main dimensions of a knowledge-based company and provide methods to evaluate to what extent are the companies considered knowledge-based. Therefore, the aim of this study is applicable and is of descriptive research category. For this purpose, after reviewing the related literature, a model consisting of 6 dimensions, 23 components and 40 indexes was presented to evaluate the knowledge-based companies at Fars Science and Technology Park. The non-probabilistic statistical sampling method was used including companies at incubators of Fars Science and Technology Park. A series of hypothesis were formed and a study questionnaire was developed. The results of our analysis indicated that knowledge-based companies at Fars Science and Technology Park were in a desirable position in terms of the characteristics of being a knowledge-based company. Afterward, the weight of dimensions and criteria were calculated using the analytic hierarchy process and simple additive weighting used to score the extent that companies at Fars Science and Technology Park were knowledge-based.
Najmeh Avazpour and Ali Naghi Mosleh Shirazi, 2019. Evaluating the Characteristics of Knowledge-Based Companies. International Business Management, 13: 279-287.