Identifying and ranking the main and secondary indicators of the model of the indigenous entrepreneur university in Iran with PLS (South Khorasan Province)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Public Administration, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran

2 Faculty of Management, Economics and Accounting, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to firstly identify and then rank the main and sub-indexes of the indigenous entrepreneurial university model in Iran in South Khorasan province. For this purpose, the method of structural equations and SMART PLS software were used to identify the main and secondary components and modeling, and then the Friedman test was used to prioritize these factors in the model. The results of the research showed that the dimensions of the entrepreneurial university include structural factors, content factors, contextual factors, the core of the entrepreneurial university and knowledge exchange. Also, the importance of the factors studied in the research is not the same and is different. The results of the ranking showed that background factors had the highest priority and knowledge exchange had the lowest priority. The order of importance of the factors is as follows: 1- background factors, 2- structural factors, 3- core of entrepreneurial university, 4- content factors and 5- knowledge exchange. These 5 main dimensions; It has 15 sub-factors and sub-components: professionalism, organizational capacity, development of the organizational environment, various investments, entrepreneurial perspective, curriculum planning, teaching-learning process, strengthening the entrepreneurial culture, creating a science and technology park, creating Reproductive businesses are the strong technical core of the entrepreneurial university, measuring the impact of the entrepreneurial university, entrepreneurial paths, commercial and external relations of the university for knowledge exchange and dissemination of scientific findings and research contracts.

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Volume 16, Issue 2
February 2025
Pages 129-141
  • Receive Date: 23 May 2023
  • Revise Date: 04 July 2023
  • Accept Date: 09 July 2023