%0 Journal Article %T The relationship between strategic thinking, transformational leadership and organizational learning for NPD idea support process in Ferdowsi University Incubator of Mashhad %J Journal of Industry and University %I %Z 2717-0446 %A somaye rahi %A amir rahimpour %D 1398 %\ 1398/08/08 %V 37 %N 10 %P 57-74 %! The relationship between strategic thinking, transformational leadership and organizational learning for NPD idea support process in Ferdowsi University Incubator of Mashhad %K %X The purpose of this research is to study the relationship between transformational leadership, strategic thinking and organizational learning whit the process of supporting the idea of new product development and intends to emphasize the importance of transformational leadership, capacity building strategies for strategic thinking and organizational learning in order to support the ideas of new product development in knowledgeable companies, Ferdowsi University. The research is applied in terms of purpose, and in terms of collecting data, a descriptive surrey is considered as a correlation type. The statistical population of this study is the managers of knowledge based companies based in Mashhad Ferdowsi University’s comprehensive development center. (The census method has been used due to the low number of statistical population.) The data gathering tool is a standard questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by experts and management experts, also the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient. To test the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling and PLS software have been used. The results of the research showed that the transformational leadership process, strategic thinking and organizational learning have a positive effect on the process of supporting the idea of new product development. In addition, transformational leadership also has a positive effect on organizational learning, but its relationship isn’t acceptable with the strategic thinking, on the other hand organizational learning has a positive effect on strategic thinking, too. %U http://rimag.ir/fa/Article/211