The Application of the Entrepreneurship Model of Future Research in the Era of Metaverse in Knowledge-Based Companies in the Field of Information Technology

The current research was conducted with the aim of applying the entrepreneurship model of future research in the era of metaverse in knowledge-based companies in the field of information technology. In terms of purpose, this research was applied, and in terms of method, it was carried out in two phases, in the category of qualitative data research of the Foundation and of the exploratory type. In the first phase, at the beginning, while studying the research literature, 17 in-depth and semi-structured interviews using theoretical targeted sampling (including 8 faculty members and 9 managers of knowledge-based companies in the field of information technology) required data that are as saturated as possible. They were collected. In order to analyze the data collected from the interviews, based on the systematic approach of Strauss and Corbin, it was analyzed in three stages of open, central and selective coding. At the end, a summary of the formalized model was presented to 4 professors, and their opinions were collected for correction and adjustment, and to evaluate the reliability of the data, the criteria of the Foundation's data theory including comprehensibility, compatibility, controllability, and generality. Strauss and Corbin (2008) carefully reviewed. In the second phase, the results of the analysis were compiled in the form of a questionnaire, and the first stage of Delphi was conducted on 15 people, and by calculating Kendall's agreement coefficient of 0.564, the number of 15 components was eliminated. Then, the second and third stages of Delphi were conducted on 15 and 12 experts, respectively. Considering that the significance coefficient for all components was less than 5%, no component was removed in the second and third stage of Delphi, and Kendall's coefficient of agreement was calculated as 0.600 and 0.788 respectively, which indicates a strong consensus in It is between the members. Finally, the research model was compiled with 47 sub-categories and 19 main categorical propositions in the form of 6 dimensions of the paradigm model.