A fuzzy-based roadmapping model for enhancing high-tech small firms’ technological entrepreneurship capabilities: cases of Iran |
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Authors: | Seyed Reza Hejazi Mohammad Reza Seifollahi |
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Institution: | 1. Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iranrehejazi@ut.ac.ir;3. Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTTechnology-based firms need to survive via technological changes. Technological entrepreneurship is concentrated on identifying and exploiting the tech-opportunities for creating product innovation. This paper introduces a fuzzy-based tool to promote innovation throughout firms in order to enhance technological entrepreneurship capabilities (TEC). The effort involves identifying components of TEC to develop the inference system, specifying the fuzzy relationship among these components, assessing the TEC in firms, and designing a TEC roadmap after a fuzzy-based gap analysis. Designed roadmaps introduce technological change priorities as a growth path to firms to move up along the ladder of competitiveness. Based on the results, a method for categorizing firms into four distinct levels that involve passive, reactive, proactive and innovative is introduced. Hence, firms have an action plan to enhance TEC from passive to innovative level in a time-based transition pathway. |
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Keywords: | Technological entrepreneurship capability TEC roadmap fuzzy logic high-tech small firm |
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