The Impact of Effective Factors on the Policy-Making in Science and Technology Parks and Knowledge-Based Companies on Their Outputs: The Mediating Role of Technological Entrepreneurship

The purpose of this paper is to present a structural equation model of the effective factors on the policy-making in science and technology parks and knowledge-based companies on their outputs with the mediating role of technological entrepreneurship, for which a quantitative research design is used. The study is an applied research in terms of purpose. The statistical sample of the research is 32 science and technology parks in Iran and their affiliated knowledge-based companies. After reviewing the research background, documents, and also conducting semi-structured interviews with subject matter experts, the research model was designed and a questionnaire was prepared to collect data. The relationship between variables was investigated using structural equation modeling. Findings show that networking, organizational, institutional and extra-organizational factors are effective factors of policy-making in science and technology parks. It is suggested to compare the results of this research with other organizational environments, whether large or small and medium organizations, and to conduct its results in other industries.