this study aimed at identifying and analyzing issues and challenges on the agricultural research and technology development under the national innovation framework. the survey consisted of two groups: agricultural researchers of agriculture-research and education organization and all faculty members of public agricultural faculties of ministry of scientific, research and technology. using cochr...

ever changing needs of society to which the health sector has to respond, makes the health sector reform inevitable for any country worldwide. increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of health services, equity, sustainable financing and management improvement are the main objectives of health sector reform. healthcare reform was set high on the new administration’s agenda with the start of ...

Many rich countries experience two opposite demographic trends: a growing number of elderly who will need care over a long period of time – and a decreasing work force of young people. This “gap” represents an economic and organisational challenge, and politicians in many countries expect welfare technologies – especially digital technologies – to contribute to bridging it. In this paper we rep...

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Science and technology parks have been a major driver of both the commercialization of agricultural innovation and the financial success of many farm and agribusiness firms. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to explain the factors affecting commercialization of agricultural innovation in Kermanshah Science and Technology Park. The experts of this center were sampled by the census me...

The recent research has highly examined innovation of businesses to improve their competitive advantages and the probability of their success. This study aimed to examine the association between intellectual, psychological, and social capital and business innovation in knowledge-based and high-technology businesses in Iran and if organizational culture moderates the relationships between the va...

the aim of this research was to compare the influence of the use of information technology (it) on creative thinking of students of computer (software branch) and education (primary school education) in islamic azad university of zanjan. the population included all the male and female students of software engineering and primary school education during the semester of 90-91, amounting to 100 pa...

abstract because of today's dynamic business environment and three emerging major trends of intense international competition, discrete markets, and changing technology, innovation is drawing increasing attention as a solution. these trends have aroused business scholars’ interest in running in-depth investigations on the concept of social capital as a critical factor in improving organizationa...

this study aims to examine how open innovation can be effective in changing organizational inertia to create business model innovation and improve firm performance. it also seeks to explore whether the existence of open innovation has a mediating effect and influence. this study constructs a theoretical model to explore the relationship between latent variables and uses a questionnaire to colle...

the relationship between technology and international competitiveness dates back to the neo-technological trade theories of the 1960s. this approach considers difference in technology as the primary motive for difference among nations in terms of trade performance. the technology gap approach emphasizes inter-country differences in innovativeness as the basis for international trade flows. the ...