Performance improvement of Iranian knowledge based firm: Identify effective factors in ‎policies and executive programs

he article investigates the factors in policies and executive programs affecting on performance of ýIranian knowledge based firms (KBFs). In recent years, creation and improving performance of ýKBFs are increasingly considered by policymakers and executive managers. KBFs are often ýconsidered as a desirable vehicle for transferring knowledge & technologies and also, ýcommercialization of university results. To move the research along, we examine the policies and ýdocuments of some countries, study related papers and books, conducted semi-structured in-depth ýinterviews and Delphi technique to highlights factors and related criteria in policies and executive ýprograms affecting the performance of KBFs. We find set of factors including institutional, ýfinancial, market, cultural, human, networking, informational, social-environment, geographical- ýenvironment, international relations and physical infrastructure factors that exist in policies and ýexecutive programs that affecting KBFs performance. Furthermore, we synthesize findings from ýthese results to a model. The factors and their related criteria and the final version model of this ýstudy adopted with Iran conditions, so it can be useful for policy-makers, academics, strategists and ýplanners in the field of knowledge based firms.ý