National Innovation System of IRAN
Thu, 13 Jul
|ZOOM
This panel co-organised with Tehran Science and Research University will take stock of the Iranian NIS, review its performance and invite international opinion towards useful policy directives
Time & Location
13 Jul 2023, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm UTC
ZOOM
Guests
About the Event
National Innovation System of Iran
A case for the policy of supporting knowledge-based companies
In Iran, ‘knowledge-based technology companies’ have been the driver of economic development in the past half-century and their support has become one of the main foci of Iranian national technology and innovation policies.
Considering the positive social and economic impact and due to the challenges in the growth path of these new technology companies, Iranian government had evolved various support policies in this field. Thus, evaluating the contribution of these policies in improving the performance of knowledge-based companies has become a necessity.
Iran started developing a coherent policy package to support private technology companies, after about three decades of development of its Science, Technology and Innovation policy system. Since 2013, policies have been implemented for supporting new technology companies under the title of “knowledge-based companies”. However, the goals and criteria for achieving the desired outcomes were…