An Empirical Investigation of Entrepreneurship Intensity in Iranian State Universities

Autor/inn/en	Mazdeh, Mohammad Mahdavi; Razavi, Seyed-Mostafa; Hesamamiri, Roozbeh; Zahedi, Mohammad-Reza; Elahi, Behin
Titel	An Empirical Investigation of Entrepreneurship Intensity in Iranian State Universities
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 65 (2013) 2, S.207-226 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-012-9539-y
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Evaluation Methods; Foreign Countries; Entrepreneurship; Delphi Technique; Mixed Methods Research; State Universities; Higher Education; Models; Questionnaires; Data; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland; Unternehmungsgeist; Delphi-Methode; Staatliche Universität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Analogiemodell; Fragebogen; Daten
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10