JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Year:2017 | Volume:10 | Issue:3 |Papers Count:7

Despite the increasing importance of startups for countries, there is incomplete understanding of successful start ups’ bahavioural model in the entrepreneurship literature. In this vein, this research aims to analyze the behavioural model of successful startups in accelerators of Tehran. This study is applied in terms of purpose, and qualitative in terms of data gathering method. Our in-depth analysis of 12 startups with template case study strategy indicates that the behavioural model of successful startups fits the customer development model. In particular, six behavioural principles entailing focusing on problem before solution, tendency for trial and error, stating with low scale, flexibility, the simultaneous development of customers and products, and reducing the costs or affordable loss are the dominant bahaviours observed in this study. This provides valuable insights for scholars and potential entrepreneurs in regard to effective behavioural actions while starting a new business.

Today, networking is considered as a tool which can be used to improve the marketing of entrepreneurial organizations. Small and medium-sized companies use networking to become more agile in recognizing market opportunities. In this research, we have had interviews with managers of medical companies of Tehran and we reach to some results about networking in marketing. The research applied in terms of purpose and Grounded theory approach is used. After collecting the data, we analyzed them by Atlas T software. According to the findings, managers of small and medium-sized companies in medical realm use networking in marketing in addition to using communication activities such as cooperation and social participation. The results showed that relations and networking have a positive relationship, and new relations and networking are positively related to entrepreneurial bahaviour

The aim of the present research is to map the knowledge of innovation based on scientific and research articles in database of Jahad Daneshgahi university and postgraduate theses in database of Iranian Research Institute and Information Science and Technology (IRANDOC) during 2005 to 2013. This study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data gathering. This study investigate 36 data from science database of Jahad Daneshgahi university and 557 data from Ganj (IRANDOC) try to draw communication network related to innovation area. All the gathered data is indexed in this research. After the phase of indexing and reviewing, all documents and attributing appropriate keywords to each one, it is necessary to form the Co-occurrence Matrix. Results indicates that 25 institution contributed in Persian articles and 90 institution contributed in producing theses. Among these, Azad University stands above all by producing 14 scientific and research articles and 53 theses and complementation educated. Moreover, Payame Noor University and Allameh Tabataba'i University in term of producing scientific and research articles stands first and second place in field of knowledge of innovation. Growth of writing and research about knowledge of innovation was associated by 2 articles and 31 theses in 2009, in 2010 Quarterly Journal Parks and development centers have had highest number of published articles in the field of knowledge of innovation.

During the previous decade, SMEs’ failure in transforming into established businesses in food industry has been one of the major concerns. Thus, due to their prominent role in economic development, the aim of this research is responding to the concern that: what are the SMEs’ growth factors in Iranian food industry? For this reason, researchers used an applied qualitative strategy, as well as Grounded Theory. Data collection has done by in-depth interview instrument (13 founders of SMEs in food industry of Tehran province). Snowball sampling is used and data analysis shows that core factor is “ continuous entrepreneurial passion” that lead to growth outcomes. If some casual conditions influence on entrepreneurial passion, we can observe SME’ s growth, by strategies, environmental and mediator factors. with regards to this process the story and propositions are written.

Venture capital (VC) investment is an important tool for financing the technology based small firms (TBSF). However, the lack of incentives to invest in such firms has prevented the development of VC industry in Iran. Since the institutions create frameworks that shape the incentives and behavior of economic actors, the current study has adopted institutional approach to answer the question: “ Which institutions decrease incentives to venture capital investment in TBSFs, and how? ” Therefore, this research is applied in terms of purpose, and to answer the mentioned question, has used qualitative grounded theory research method (Glaisarian approach). The statistical population includes VC fund managers, TBSF managers, policy makers and academic experts, 29 of which were selected in a purposive-theoretical sampling. Data were collected and analyzed through conducting semi-structured interviews. The research finding suggest that 5 defective investment stream decrease the incentives to invest in innovation. Institutions such as information disclosure, tax regulations, financial markets (specifically banks), inflation, labor regulations, property rights, law enforcement and several other socio-cultural institutions are critically important in shaping that defective investment streams. Finally it is recommended that policy makers reform institutions rather than direct interventionist policies.

The purpose of this study is to identify the drivers of entrepreneurs' exit. Entrepreneurial exit as an integral part of the entrepreneurial process, in recent years, has been reached lots of interest among researchers in this field. This study is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of data gathering. All the information in this research has been collected through interviews with 22 entrepreneurs in various spheres of industry, services and advanced technologies who had experienced entrepreneurial exits. After interviews, the data were analyzed and evaluated using open coding, , and finally resulted in 13 main categories in the factors affecting the choice of exit strategy in successful entrepreneurial businesses. The analysis of qualitative data indicates that the entrepreneurial spirit, business environment, education and international experiences are from the most important drivers of selecting exit strategies by entrepreneurs.

Startups have an essential role in improving employment and production rates. At the same time, there are several factors affecting their growth at micro and macro levels. Thus, the aim of this paper was to identify and prioritize the development factors of startups. This research is an applied and cross-sectional research by using qualitative Q-methodology. Hence, forty participants in rural startup event programs in Isfahan city were selected and studied purposively. The research instrument involved 50 Q cards which were finalized after evaluating the dialog space. The participants arranged the cards into agree, disagree and neutral categories. The PQ-method software was used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that the attitude of participants could be categorized into two dimensions. The first pattern focused on the speed of action, teamwork, the nature of the idea and the opportunity evaluation, and the second pattern emphasized on the customer, competitors, partner, and supporters. Therefore, from the perspective of the first group, attention has been paid to developing creativity and creating the requirements for the innovations in people who are prone to learning through education and creating cultural foundations in the society. While the second pattern considered supporting potential capacities, securing capital investment and the creation of a cooperative working relationships.