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An empirical investigation of entrepreneurship intensity in Iranian state universities.
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Higher Education (00181560) . Feb2013, Vol. 65 Issue 2, p207-226. 20p. 1 Color Photograph, 6 Diagrams, 7 Charts, 4 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to propose a framework to evaluate the entrepreneurship intensity (EI) of Iranian state universities. In order to determine EI, a hybrid multi-method framework consisting of Delphi, Analytic Network Process (ANP), and VIKOR is proposed. The Delphi method is used to localize and reduce the number of criteria extracted from a deep literature review, according to the social and economic conditions of Iranian state universities by using an expert panel, including sixty-eight country-wide academicians and practitioners. After that, a group approach to ANP was utilized as an evaluation method to derive the weights of each criterion. Next, the evaluation data were gathered through a questionnaire, and, finally, the compromise ranking of universities was calculated using the VIKOR method. Moreover, this study applies weight-variance analysis (WVA) to suggest improvement actions. The paper proposes an evaluation framework for determining the performance of entrepreneurship development initiatives in universities. By using this framework, twenty-two Iranian state universities are evaluated in terms of their EI, and the results are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00181560
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Higher Education (00181560)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 85300252
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-012-9539-y