فصلنامه علوم مدیریت ایران
پیاپی 55 (پاییز 1398)

Today, the external environment of many public sector organizations can be described as the increasing turbulence, the imposition of dynamics, threat, and a complex set of conditions for managers. In such a situation, public entrepreneurship can be a strategic response to environmental turbulence through an emphasis on flexibility, adaptability, speed, and innovation. However, despite widespread attention to the issue of innovation and entrepreneurship in the public sector at the global level, there is still little evidence of the existence of a confirmed paradigm and model. Using the meta-synthesis approach, the present study seeks to answer three questions: 1) How the public entrepreneurship has been defined in the literature? 2) What are the antecedents or prerequisites of the implementation of entrepreneurship in public and state organizations? and 3) What outcomes and consequences can be expected from the implementation of entrepreneurship in public sector organizations?  The analysis of contents of the selected articles from the three scientific databases in the period of 2000-2016 were extracted in three levels, including individual, organizational, and environmental, which are introduced in this paper.

Proactive talent management has helped  organizations to create a  human resources structure for  meeting the needs of   qualified and committed individuals for future organizational positions. Organizational career path management and organizational knowledge architecture can play an effective role in improving Proactive talent management. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of organizational career path management on Proactive talent management with mediating role of organizational knowledge architecture. The statistical population of the study consisted of all staff of the Lorestan Province Specialized Command staff. The sample size was estimated 285 persons that were selected by stratified random sampling. Questionnaire was used for data collection and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha test. The research hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling through Amos software. The results of the data analysis showed that organizational career management positively and significantly affects two variables of organizational knowledge architecture and Proactive talent management. Also, organizational knowledge architecture has a positive and significant effect on Proactive talent management. Furthermore, the impact of organizational knowledge architecture as a mediating variable impact Proactive talent management.

Identification of the factors that affect sustainable industrial development and the analysis of the dynamic interaction of these factors over time can be used to help understand the behavior of ecosystem in response to industrial policies. This would lead to the implementation of sustainable industrial development. This study aims at providing a causal model for sustainable industrial development using Meta-synthesis and system dynamics approach. At first, a literature review was designed to provide an overview of related research. Afterwards, using Meta-synthesis approach, the variables associated with sustainable industrial development were identified. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme method was used to evaluate the quality and findings validity. For approving the accuracy of the variables, opinions of experts were referred and reviewed. To assess reliability, and the kappa (κ) statistic was used in SPSS. Then, 64 selected research were reviewed. The findings show 44 codes in 15 dimensions and 3 categories. These categories are economic development, social welfare and environmental protection. Finally, the results helped to obtain a causal model of sustainable industrial development. The findings can also provide an appropriate framework for correcting mangers and policy maker’s mental models. These finding can also help all correspondents to choose appropriate industrial development policies.

In today's competitive world, saffron as a strategic product needs a special attention in order to gain a proper place in branding. Compared to other countries, Iranian saffron brands have no competitive advantage in exporting this product. Therefore, Iranian companies should strive to shape, guide and consolidate a proper understanding of their brand’s identity in the minds of their customers and pay special attention to the formation and strengthening of reputable brands.  The present study aimed at explaining the pattern and presenting the challenges of strategic branding in the saffron industry. The tool for data collection was a semi-structured interview. The interviewees included university professors familiar with the subject and managers of saffron exporting companies. The final model consists of a set of axial categories, causal conditions, contexts, necessary variables, confounding variables, branding strategies and consequences for the saffron industry. We used the interpretive structural modeling to show the ranking of strategic branding challenges of the saffron industry.

Competitiveness takes form in the context of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, leading to the development of industries and regions. Therefore, studying the entrepreneurship and competitiveness ecosystem has attracted many researchers. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the eight dimensions of the entrepreneurial ecosystem (infrastructure, research and development, policy, finance, non-financial support, markets, human capital, and entrepreneurial culture) on industry competitiveness. In this research we used a deterministic-fuzzy approach and the ecology and environmental theory as well. The sample consisted of one hundred and thirty active competitive companies as reflected in the Herfindahl index. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed by fsQCA and SPSS software. Findings indicate that for industries to become  competitiveness, from  the eight 8 dimensions of the entrepreneurship ecosystem, five are the required conditions and three are adequate conditions. Also, three types of rigorous standard analysis were extracted from the dimensions of entrepreneurship ecosystem in the direction of paths of competitiveness of industries.

Because of tourism undeniable role in social and economic development of the country, managers of tourism industry are always facing with the challenge of tourists attraction, their satisfaction and loyalty to the tourism destination. Creating a suitable image of tourism destination in a tourist’s mind, will increase the probability of revisiting the destination. The present research is aimed to study the impact of tourism services quality on brand image and loyalty of tourists in the Northern region of Alborz Province of Iran. We used a random sampling method and distributed a questionnaire among three hundreds eighty four sport  tourists to collect data. The findings show that the tourism services quality has a positive and significance effects on brand image and loyalty of tourists in that region.