The main purpose of this study is to investigate the innovative performance through emerging knowledge based companies in Semnan University Incubator. This is a practical and descriptive correlational study. The participants of this study were 103 managers and superviso More
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the innovative performance through emerging knowledge based companies in Semnan University Incubator. This is a practical and descriptive correlational study. The participants of this study were 103 managers and supervisors of SME’s in Semnan University Incubator. Wang and Ahmed (2004) questionnaire has been used to measure the innovative performance in these companies. Reliability of the questionnaire was obtained by Cronbach's alpha. In order to assess the construct validity of innovative performance, confirmatory factor analysis were used and one-sample t-test is utilized to examine the variable and its dimensions status. Also Friedman test was used to prioritize of innovative performance dimensions. The results show that the first priority for the firms was product innovation. The process innovation and strategic innovation were the next priorities. As well as market innovation of these firms was ranked in the last because of their emerging.
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The aim of this research is to determine The impact of organizational empowerment on innovative performance with the mediating role of employee’s job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Recent research is correlation and descriptive that has been done through th More
The aim of this research is to determine The impact of organizational empowerment on innovative performance with the mediating role of employee’s job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Recent research is correlation and descriptive that has been done through the survey method. Statistical population has been consisted of all employees in Melli Bank of Kerman city and number of 325 subjects have been selected as volume of sample. Data gathering tools have been organizational empowerment, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and innovative performance questionnaires that the validity and reliability of they have been approved. Descriptive and inferential statistical (structural equation modeling) have been used to analyze the data and the data has been analyzed with SPSS and LISREL softwares. The findings of the research indicated that the suggested model has appropriate fit, and organizational empowerment beyond its direct impact, exerts indirect impact on innovative performance of organization through the mediations of employee’s job satisfaction and organizational commitment, also the mediating role of job satisfaction and organizational commitment on the relationship between organizational empowerment and innovative performance of organization was confirmed.
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University-industry cooperation is a global challenge and countries have tried to solve this challenge in various ways. Therefore, the study of global experiences can guide the country in choosing the right path of university cooperation with industry. The United States More
University-industry cooperation is a global challenge and countries have tried to solve this challenge in various ways. Therefore, the study of global experiences can guide the country in choosing the right path of university cooperation with industry. The United States is one of the countries that has tried to solve this challenge by advancing strategies and improving the university-industry relationship. Important steps by the United States to increase cooperation between academia and industry include the passage of the Bayh-Dole Act, the Technology Transfer Act, the allocation of tax exemptions for research and development at the university, the reduction of the federal budget and the establishment of intermediaries for its allocation and unlimited royalties. It is an invention.
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