Sociological Examination of the Performance of Accelerators Centers under the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology in Enhancing the Knowledge and Technology of the Country

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences. Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, AlZahra University, Tehran, Iran

2 M.Sc. Departmet of Sociology, the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

10.22051/ijosed.2024.45921.1031

Abstract

Today's era requires the existence of companies and organizations that can accelerate the process of scientific progress and beyond the local level, have the ability to participate in global competitions. The current research was conducted with the aim of measuring the performance of acceleration centers under the coverage of the Vice President's Office of Technology. Statistical population are the active accelerators of this deputy. The analytical framework of this research is using Balanced Scorecard (BSC) theory. In this theory, the performance of the organization, unit or company, etc., is measured based on four perspectives: financial, customer, internal, and the perspective of innovation and learning.

Also, the independent variables used in this research are the evaluation of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country and background variables. The assessment of entrepreneurial ecosystem has been measured in three dimensions of policy, financial resources and support. Finally, according to Amartya Sen's point of view, the contextual variables have been measured in the five axes of personal heterogeneity, environmental diversity, diversity in social conditions, differences in communication perspectives and distribution within the family. The results show that there are very strong relationships between the respondents' perception and evaluation of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the four perspectives of performance measurement in the balanced scorecard model.

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Social-Economic Development Studies
Volume 1, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
October 2023
Pages 71-102

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