EKO-REGIONAL JURNAL PENGEMBANGAN EKONOMI WILAYAH
Vol 15, No 2 (2020)

Structural Challenges of Knowledge-Based Economy in Iran

Mojtaba Valibeigi (Buein Zahra Technical University, Buein Zahra, Qazvin, Iran)
Ahmad Mohammadi (Buein Zahra Technical University, Buein Zahra, Qazvin, Iran)
Mojgan Valibeigi (Buein Zahra Technical University, Buein Zahra, Qazvin, Iran)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Jul 2020

Abstract

The knowledge-based firms can both flourish and grow and stimulate employment and economic growth. Iranian Knowledge-based firms’ protection law is the protection of small and medium knowledge-based firms which are at their elementary steps of growth and don’t have enough attraction to investors. Knowledge-based firms’ protection law in Iran faces to serious challenges that causes this law will not reach to its aim, same as the other protection laws for reducing unemployment and increasing the economic growth. The aim of the study is investigating of structural challenges of knowledge-based firms in Iran. First challenge is about the definition of these kind of firms which weren’t designed in accordance to demand and the knowledge economy and the learner's economy has been ignored. Second challenge is related to performance mechanisms in financial support and providing the facilities for these kind of firms, which reveals the weakness of mechanisms against the economic surplus and corruption. These challenges caused gaps including the weakness of needed mechanisms for the illegal subsidy banning, dependent situation of the innovation and prosperity fund, Khosoulati pressures, enterprise approach of the government, governmental inter-authority competition and the weakness of participant attraction of the public and private organizations that hinder the movement towards a knowledge-based economy.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

eko-regional

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

EKO-REGIONAL Jurnal Pembangunan Ekonomi Wilayah (Journal of Regional Economic Development) is a scientific journal containing research results on regional economics, tourism economics, geographical economics, natural resource economics, SMEs development, and local economic development. The journal ...