Authors : Ahmad J. Jafarnejad, Hadi Zarei and Nima Mokhtarzadeh
Abstract: Today, in innovation discussion, a new concept called Regional Innovation System (RIS) has formed that defines arisen concepts and aspects in the national system at a regional level. RIS can be defined as a complex set of actors and institutions present in a place that are in direct relationship with production, distribution and allocation of technological innovation as well as interaction between innovation actors. Iran’s RIS requires a model upon which it is possible to identify the full extent possible. Grounded theory approach helps us understand this model from the internal structure of values, attitudes and experiences of actors and stakeholders of the issue. In this model, it is explained that the data is collected using deep and semi-structured interviews with 14 senior managers and experts of organizations in relation to innovation in Iran and through a comparative study in five countries of Norway, Canada, South Korea, Russia and Australia. Using data analysis it was found that the factors are classified in five groups of causal, underlying, intervening, strategic and outcomes factors that are included in this issue into 19 categories. At the end, the mechanism of the effect of these factors on the RIS in is presented in form of an imaginative model.
Ahmad J. Jafarnejad, Hadi Zarei and Nima Mokhtarzadeh, 2017. Identifying Dimensions of Regional Innovation System in Iran: A Grounded Theory View. International Business Management, 11: 579-587.