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1 - Assessment Model for Implementing a Lean Transformation in Enterprise Based on the Fuzzy Anp, Fuzzy Dematel and Fuzzy Vikor
Kazem Nasiri Kashani محمود مدیری gholamreza hashemzade khorasegani

A lot of methodologies for evaluation of the lean transformation have been proposed in the literature, but just a few of them explicit relations among the components of the lean enterprise transformation, with focusing on the priority and identification of the relative More

A lot of methodologies for evaluation of the lean transformation have been proposed in the literature, but just a few of them explicit relations among the components of the lean enterprise transformation, with focusing on the priority and identification of the relative weight of each element on the lean transformation have been considered. Therefore, we try to quantify those relations in this study. So, to structural investigate the relationships among the elements, a model is proposed that presents a novel comprehensive insight to the lean transformation process. This study proposed an analytic modeling approach in the lean enterprise transformation to identify the weights of the elements. The goal is to operationalize the highly qualitative relationships among the lean transformation components. In this paper 32 effective factors in lean enterprise transformation, identified as "sub sub criterion" were grouped into eight categories classified as "sub criterion". These eight sub criteria classified through 3 criteria in the higher level which are “organizational asset development”, “quick adaptation to markets and competitive superiority acquisition” and “supply and distribution network optimization These three criteria were proposed as the major criteria involved in "delivery value maximizing", and ultimately, the value maximizing recognized as the main target of the lean transformation in companies. Fuzzy DEMATEL technique and fuzzy analytic network process modeling are used to determine the relationships and the relative weights of each component and then with fuzzy VIKOR method, 25 identified solutions related to conceptual model were ranked for implementing the lean transformation which regard the organizational purposes and the weights of the end level parameters of the conceptual model in a proposal framework. The present evaluating lean enterprise transformation is a comprehensive model that can be applied to different production industries. This model also was investigated in automative parts industry. Manuscript profile

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2 - Assessment Model for Implementing a Lean Transformation in Enterprise Based on the Fuzzy Anp, Fuzzy Dematel and Fuzzy Vikor
Kazem Nasiri Kashani محمود مدیری gholamreza hashemzade khorasegani

A lot of methodologies for evaluation of the lean transformation have been proposed in the literature, but just a few of them explicit relations among the components of the lean enterprise transformation, with focusing on the priority and identification of the relative More

A lot of methodologies for evaluation of the lean transformation have been proposed in the literature, but just a few of them explicit relations among the components of the lean enterprise transformation, with focusing on the priority and identification of the relative weight of each element on the lean transformation have been considered. Therefore, we try to quantify those relations in this study. So, to structural investigate the relationships among the elements, a model is proposed that presents a novel comprehensive insight to the lean transformation process. This study proposed an analytic modeling approach in the lean enterprise transformation to identify the weights of the elements. The goal is to operationalize the highly qualitative relationships among the lean transformation components. In this paper 32 effective factors in lean enterprise transformation, identified as "sub sub criterion" were grouped into eight categories classified as "sub criterion". These eight sub criteria classified through 3 criteria in the higher level which are “organizational asset development”, “quick adaptation to markets and competitive superiority acquisition” and “supply and distribution network optimization These three criteria were proposed as the major criteria involved in "delivery value maximizing", and ultimately, the value maximizing recognized as the main target of the lean transformation in companies. Fuzzy DEMATEL technique and fuzzy analytic network process modeling are used to determine the relationships and the relative weights of each component and then with fuzzy VIKOR method, 25 identified solutions related to conceptual model were ranked for implementing the lean transformation which regard the organizational purposes and the weights of the end level parameters of the conceptual model in a proposal framework. The present evaluating lean enterprise transformation is a comprehensive model that can be applied to different production industries. This model also was investigated in automative parts industry. Manuscript profile

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3 - A multi-period planning model for honey export network design considering quality requirements
Alireza Grivani mir saman pishvaee

From the past, Honey has been known as a healthy product for human life. Iran has a suitable climate for beekeeping and is among the high-ranked countries in honey production. However, due to failure to comply with quality issues, export of honey from this country is as More

From the past, Honey has been known as a healthy product for human life. Iran has a suitable climate for beekeeping and is among the high-ranked countries in honey production. However, due to failure to comply with quality issues, export of honey from this country is associated with many problems. Honey quality also plays an important role in determination of honey sale price. According to this issue, in this study, the design of honey export network is taken into account. For this purpose a mixed integer programming mathematical model is developed which is able to consider the impact of honey sale price on demand quantity of importing countries. The numerical results show that the proposed model can efficiently determine the strategic network design decisions and help the managers in this regard. Manuscript profile

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4 - The business model designed for a network of partner organizations (collaborative network organization
Alireza Aliahmadi

Abstract The development of networked organizations usually done by a focal firm (the mother). For this purpose focal firm in addition to defining the strategy of the partner firms and the nature and mechanisms of the network must develop a business model strategy to b More

Abstract The development of networked organizations usually done by a focal firm (the mother). For this purpose focal firm in addition to defining the strategy of the partner firms and the nature and mechanisms of the network must develop a business model strategy to be implemented at the network. Significance of business model in a network is important as many experts as Zott and Amit realize business model as an engine for network base strategy. In the present study, we look at the issue of collaboration networks business model designed , to reach the goal of this study we consider focal firm as a symbol of collaborative network then we design a business model for focal firm. In this regard, after the literature review, the model presented by Osterwalder (2004) (BMO) was chosen as the Meta model, after that we adding several factors extracted from the literature on design requirements and the formation of networks. Then the model in Delphi process was judged and developed by experts. After confirming the final model by experts to further validate we design questionnaires that given to Academic experts and managers who working in two network, the result of that questionnaires approved the applicability of the model Manuscript profile

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5 - Develop a business model with a focus on central enterprise in a collaboration network

The development of networked organizations usually done by a focal firm (the mother). For this purpose, the focal firm as the main center of network must implement her strategies with an action plan. Significance of business model in a network is important as many exper More

The development of networked organizations usually done by a focal firm (the mother). For this purpose, the focal firm as the main center of network must implement her strategies with an action plan. Significance of business model in a network is important as many experts realize business model as an engine for network base strategy. In the present study, we look at the subject of collaboration networks , to review, identify and prioritize the role of focal firm in the business model of collaboration networks. In this direction, by reviewing existing literature on maternal advantage we extract the key functions of focal firm in her mothering strategy and business model. Then the extracted factors in Delphi process was judged and developed by experts. After confirming the final factors by experts to further validation and extract the Priority of factors we design questionnaires that given to Academic experts and managers who working in two network, the result of that questionnaires approved the applicability of the model Manuscript profile

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6 - An Integrated DEMATEL and Fuzzy ANP Techniques Based Assessment Model For Intrapreneurship with Approach EFQM
Kazem Nasiri Kashani Fazlolah Jamalou Leila Kiani

In today's world, quick changes have varied the competition and also have faced organizational stakeholders with world’s challenges. In this turbulence environment, Intrapreneurship is functionality that can save today's systems as a new phenomenon in the economy at thi More

In today's world, quick changes have varied the competition and also have faced organizational stakeholders with world’s challenges. In this turbulence environment, Intrapreneurship is functionality that can save today's systems as a new phenomenon in the economy at this critical period and play a more active role in economic development. Today, business excellence models also have an important role to deploy the key factors of organizational success and make performance improvements. These models provide the assessment criteria in both enablers and results and make guidelines for organizations to measure their progress and performance in the field of quality and organizational excellence. So it allows creating the needed infrastructure and capabilities for Intrapreneurship based on the EFQM Excellence Model. Therefore, after identifying the effective factors of implementation Intrapreneurship, these features are classified due to their nature at four main criteria include "leadership", "Policy and Strategy", "employees" and "partnerships, resources and processes" that all of them are the enablers of the EFQM model. This paper presents an analytical modeling method that makes practicable a qualitative relationship between the elements of Intrapreneurship. We used the integrated approach of fuzzy Dematel and fuzzy modeling network analysis to determine the relationship and weight relative importance of each element in model. The results indicated “leadership” at the main criteria level has the most highly effect and “employees” has the most important coefficient. Also "senior management support" has the highest importance coefficient and highly effect in the sub-criteria. In this study we presented individual entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurship assessment model that is a comprehensive model and can be used in different organizations and finally we evaluated this model in Iran Power Development Company. Manuscript profile

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7 - An Integrated DEMATEL and Fuzzy ANP Techniques Based Assessment Model For Intrapreneurship with Approach EFQM

In today's world, quick changes have varied the competition and also have faced organizational stakeholders with world’s challenges. In this turbulence environment, Intrapreneurship is functionality that can save today's systems as a new phenomenon in the economy at thi More

In today's world, quick changes have varied the competition and also have faced organizational stakeholders with world’s challenges. In this turbulence environment, Intrapreneurship is functionality that can save today's systems as a new phenomenon in the economy at this critical period and play a more active role in economic development. Today, business excellence models also have an important role to deploy the key factors of organizational success and make performance improvements. These models provide the assessment criteria in both enablers and results and make guidelines for organizations to measure their progress and performance in the field of quality and organizational excellence. So it allows creating the needed infrastructure and capabilities for Intrapreneurship based on the EFQM Excellence Model. Therefore, after identifying the effective factors of implementation Intrapreneurship, these features are classified due to their nature at four main criteria include "leadership", "Policy and Strategy", "employees" and "partnerships, resources and processes" that all of them are the enablers of the EFQM model. This paper presents an analytical modeling method that makes practicable a qualitative relationship between the elements of Intrapreneurship. We used the integrated approach of fuzzy Dematel and fuzzy modeling network analysis to determine the relationship and weight relative importance of each element in model. The results indicated “leadership” at the main criteria level has the most highly effect and “employees” has the most important coefficient. Also "senior management support" has the highest importance coefficient and highly effect in the sub-criteria. In this study we presented individual entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurship assessment model that is a comprehensive model and can be used in different organizations and finally we evaluated this model in Iran Power Development Company. Manuscript profile

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8 - Structural Modeling of strengthening purchase intention in the Instagram as a social network
یاسر سبحانی فرد

The effect of social networks on consumer behavior in cyberspace is growing. The popular social network Instagram as one of the networks are strengthening their role in purchasing intention. This article seeks to examine know how advertising on the social network Instag More

The effect of social networks on consumer behavior in cyberspace is growing. The popular social network Instagram as one of the networks are strengthening their role in purchasing intention. This article seeks to examine know how advertising on the social network Instagram and its role on the consumer`s shopping intention. In this regard, the study has tested effect of six advertising factors in Instagram on the shopping intention. Population of this study is Instagram users in the city of Qazvin. To generalize the results to the community infinite by random sampling, 384 samples were elected. To answer hypotheses and test the study model, structural equation modeling was used. The results confirm the study's model and majority of hypotheses. Test results showed that the informativeness and advertising creativity, have a positive effect on attitudes toward empathy expression and and this will also affect the intention to express empathy and this reality have positive affect on Purchase intention. Manuscript profile

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9 - Determining the core capabilities of the network of collaborators in Complex Product Systems R&D outsourcing (Case study: An industrial organization)
Hassan Torabi Hossein Dehghani poodeh Mohsen Cheshmberah Mohammad Hussein Karimi gavareshki Reza i Hosnav

Network of collaborators is the most important approach of organizations in CoPS R&D projects conduction as completing such projects requires specific resources and is beyond the capabilities of a single organization. Obviously the capabilities of the network of collab More

Network of collaborators is the most important approach of organizations in CoPS R&D projects conduction as completing such projects requires specific resources and is beyond the capabilities of a single organization. Obviously the capabilities of the network of collaborators have a significant role in mentioned collaboration. So in this paper fundamental indicator of those capabilities were firstly specified by literature review. Secondly final indicators were selected using survey of experts of a CoPS producing company. Thirdly these indicators were classified in components by expert survey and using SEM in LISREL software. These components encompass collaborators competency (incorporating knowledge and skillfulness, keeping up to date, complying to standards and financial ability), task performance capability (incorporating project quality, time and responsibility during and after project completion) and adaptability (incorporating accordance to values, time and flexibility in deliverables). The results of hypothesis tests illustrate that competency has a significant and positive impact on task performance and the latter has a similar impact on adaptability but there is no direct and significant correlation between competency and adaptability while there exists an indirect one. Manuscript profile

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10 - Investigating the effect of the internet marketing on the growth of the exports market in Iran (Case study: Dried fruit exporters)
MOHAMMADREZA ARDEHALI

Abstract In recent years, for companies of different industries, The internet and Internet marketing has become a way of earning income, interacting with the customers and shareholders, providing products and services, and electronic sale. The current research is aim More

Abstract In recent years, for companies of different industries, The internet and Internet marketing has become a way of earning income, interacting with the customers and shareholders, providing products and services, and electronic sale. The current research is aimed at studying the effects of the performance of Internet marketing on growth of export markets. In terms of purpose, this research is an applied one and in terms of data collection method, it is a descriptive study of correlation type. The research population consists of the marketing experts and marketing and sale managers of the Iranian dried fruit export companies. After the initial confirmation of reliability and validity of the questionnaire, it was distributed among 94 experts. First, the respondents and questions of the questionnaire were analyzed by SPSS software. Then, the hypotheses were studies by structural equation techniques, Smart Pls, and using T-value test, path coefficient, and correlation coefficient. The results show that the capability of Internet marketing has a significant and positive effect on growth of export market. Also, other research hypotheses were approved with the probability of 95 percent. Keywords: Internet Marketing, Export Market Growth, Availability of Export Information, Business Network Relationships, Dried Fruit Exporters Manuscript profile

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11 - Prediction of Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises with the Combination of Artificial Neural Networks and Meta-Heuristic Algorithm
حامد ابراهیم خانی مصطفی کاظمی Alireza Pooya Amir Mohammad Fakoor Saghih

The growth of a company is considered to be an important economic goal. Given that many small and medium enterprises do not grow into growth and fail in the early years of their operations, a predictive system of corporate growth can be offset by the huge costs Starting More

The growth of a company is considered to be an important economic goal. Given that many small and medium enterprises do not grow into growth and fail in the early years of their operations, a predictive system of corporate growth can be offset by the huge costs Starting businesses, entrepreneurs and companies to pay. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to predict the growth of small and medium enterprises with the combination of neural network and meta-heuristic algorithms. The purpose of this research was applied and based on the method of doing descriptive-modeling work. Statistical population of this research was all small and medium enterprises of Zanjan province. Statistical sample size According to the growth of companies, 158 companies has been designated. In order to collect data in this study, interviews, questionnaires and documents of companies have been used. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were verified and and using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. In order to analyze the research data using confirmatory factor analysis methods, the neural network of multilayer perceptron, neural network combined with genetic algorithm and neural network combined with particle swarm algorithm have been used. The results show that all three methods are able to predict the growth of the company. Among these three methods, the best predictive method for growth of the company is the neural network combined with the particle swarm algorithm with the least error rate compared to the other two methods. Manuscript profile

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12 - Evaluation efficiency of the internal structure of decision making units in the past, present and future using dynamic network data envelopment analysis and artificial neural network
javad niknafs mphammadali keramati jalal haghighatmonfared

Network data envelopment analysis models and dynamic network data envelopment analysis models cannot evaluated the future performance of the internal structure of decision-making units .In other words, all NDEA and DNDEA models evaluate the past performance of their DMU More

Network data envelopment analysis models and dynamic network data envelopment analysis models cannot evaluated the future performance of the internal structure of decision-making units .In other words, all NDEA and DNDEA models evaluate the past performance of their DMUs and their internal structure, and measure their efficiency and inefficiency, and ultimately rank them based on that assessment .In this paper, we are going to evaluation the future efficiency of deposit and lending sections in bank branches. In order to notified inefficiencies in the internal structure of a unit before the occurrence, we will prevent it.This approach can change the role of managers from the evaluator to the planner .First, using the literature of the subject and opinion of the experts, the structure of the bank branches and the network variables were determined .Then, the values of variables are forecasted using the artificial neural network for the next two periods.Finally, a DNDEA model is formulated using the values of past periods and predicted values.Using its efficiency, its branches and its internal structure have been evaluated in the past, present and future. Manuscript profile

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13 - طراحی شبکه زنجیره تأمین با در نظر گرفتن هماهنگی سطوح با استفاده از تبلیغات مشارکتی در بستر فروش اینترنتی
Ali asghar Emadabadi Ebrahim Teimoury mir saman pishvaee

The decisions about designing the supply chain network are considered as strategic decisions of supply chain management, which have long-term impacts on overall performances of the chain. However, one of the most important challenges of problems of designing the supply More

The decisions about designing the supply chain network are considered as strategic decisions of supply chain management, which have long-term impacts on overall performances of the chain. However, one of the most important challenges of problems of designing the supply chain network is coordination of its parts that can lead to several restrictions in tactical and operational levels. One of the increasing approaches of the coordination in supply chain is using Collaborative Advertisements. In this article, using the collaborative advertisement in designing the multi-level supply chain, multi-period and multi-product, have been considered in order to make coordination. The chain is also looking forward to fulfill the requirements of establishing new facilities. Advertisements are provided in two sections; supplying advertisements and chain advertisements. The chain advertisements and the information resource of the chain that customers purchases and orders registration are registered within it, is an internet website, which gets some percent as website’s costs per purchase from the chain’s parts. The demand of each customer is considered dependent on price and advertisement function. In case study the plan of publication subscription has been specified that for all of the variances in the impact factor of the advertisement supplier, summation of supplier’s benefits in presented model are better than the present situations; however, this matter is not compatible with all of the suppliers and some of them would have less benefits. But by means of sharing benefits of this coordination, this problem would be satisfied Manuscript profile

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14 - A dynamic capability approach on designing governance models in health care networks
Alireza Aliahmadi Mohammadreza Rasouli

The use of network business models to provide health services is a growing trend in the world's successful health systems. Forming and sustaining successful service delivery networks requires using the structures and mechanisms that address the health system characteris More

The use of network business models to provide health services is a growing trend in the world's successful health systems. Forming and sustaining successful service delivery networks requires using the structures and mechanisms that address the health system characteristics, such as the asymmetry of the health market, as well as the need to guarantee the quality of services. In this paper, based on the dynamic capability approach, relevant structures and mechanisms have been identified that can make the ability to successfully governing service delivery networks in health systems. The effectiveness of identified structures and mechanisms have been evaluated using a case study within a clinical laboratory network in Tehran. Manuscript profile

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15 - Designing a sustainable supply chain network under sanction conditions
Ezzatollah Asgharizadeh S. Ali Torabi Ali Mohaghar Mohammad Ali Zare Shourijeh

Nowadays, with the advent of the concepts of risk management and sustainability and increasing of social pressures to reduce the negative impacts of industries on the environment and society, it is almost impossible to make strategic decisions such as the supply chain n More

Nowadays, with the advent of the concepts of risk management and sustainability and increasing of social pressures to reduce the negative impacts of industries on the environment and society, it is almost impossible to make strategic decisions such as the supply chain network design (SCND) without considering these concerns. Accordingly, in this paper a general mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) was developed for designing a closed-loop supply chain network, under disruptions conditions and sustainability considerations (focusing on social aspects). This is a multi-echelon, multi-product and multi-modal supply chain network. The sanctions on raw materials (as disruption events) were considered in the mathematical model through planning some scenarios. The most important decision variables in this model are related to: supplier selection, quantity of each raw material, facilities location, products flow between different facilities and transportation modes. Finally, designing a closed-loop supply chain network in Iran's tire industry was taken as a real world case study to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed model. In addition, the sensitivity analysis on some of the important parameters was carried out. Manuscript profile

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16 - A systematic review of artificial neural network applications in supply chain management
Aref Toghroljerdi pooria malekinejad

Nowadays, the success rate of companies/organizations in the competitive market is the performance of their supply chain managment. Various techniques have been utilized to improve it, which one of the most widely used methods to solve these problems is artificial neura More

Nowadays, the success rate of companies/organizations in the competitive market is the performance of their supply chain managment. Various techniques have been utilized to improve it, which one of the most widely used methods to solve these problems is artificial neural network. The purpose of this study is to systematically review the various applications of artificial neural networks in solving the problems of different parts of the supply chain. Hence, by using the literature review, the key vocabulary of the link between the two domains was identified. Using the keywords extracted from the research literature, a search was made between the Scopus databases and Web-based Science. By searching in these databases, articles related to the application of artificial neural network in different areas of supply chain have been extracted. Finally, the articles were filtered using a variety of tools and then high-ranking papers were identified. Using important articles identified, various categories of artificial neural network applications were implemented in supply chain management. The results of this study indicate that artificial neural networks have been most used in solving engineering, computer science and business issues Manuscript profile

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17 - Internal structural and operational factors influencing on designing network governance model in health care systems: a systematic literature review
Reza Aalikhani Alireza Aliahmadi Mohammadreza Rasouli

Introduction: todays, with regard to competitive market in health system collaboration networked clllaboration has become an essensial strategy for the survival of organizations. Network governance that refers to coordination and collaboration in the network is a fundam More

Introduction: todays, with regard to competitive market in health system collaboration networked clllaboration has become an essensial strategy for the survival of organizations. Network governance that refers to coordination and collaboration in the network is a fundamental concept that affect collaboration network success. There are various factors that affect designing successful model of network governance that considering this factors is critical for designing successful model of network governance. The aim of doing this research is identifying internal structural and operational factors that affects designing proper model of network governance in health care delivery systems. Methodology: to identify and extract desired factors used of the mentioned evidence in the literature related to research question. For this porpous we need a research methodology that comprehensively and systematically consider the literature. For achieving this aim a systematic literature review will consider as a comprehensive and systematic method for identifying valid evidence and related to the research question. Also, Grounded Theory method was used to synthesis the extracted evidence. Results: by searching in the WEB OF SCIENCE as a comprehensive and credible database for identifying related studies, the 2350 scientific publication resulted. By screening these results basis of title fitness with studies inclusion and exclusion criteria lead to select 150 articles. Finally, through screening described the 150 articles basis of their abstract and conclusion fitness lead to the 53 final articles that during the reviewing them the 78 pieces of evidences extracted from the 37 sources and did not identify any evidence from other studies. For creating extensive view and easy access to extracted evidences in the synthesizing step using granded theory, 2 categories and 16 classes emerged. Conclusion: designing governance model in the network will be successful if only internal structural and operational factors influencing on designing it have been considered. Structural and operational factors in the network include network characteristics and network administration characteristics, are influencing factors that considering these factors on designing proper model of governance lead to fitness of the goernance model with network characteristics that finally lead to collaboration network success. Manuscript profile

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18 - Model of the relationships between Network Leadership antecedents
rouhollah sharifi Hasan Alvedari reza rasouli Mohammad Montazeri

The development of network leadership theory in the field of university activities is an important step towards the development of network literature. Due to the wide range of communication of Payame Noor University with internal and external organizations as well as th More

The development of network leadership theory in the field of university activities is an important step towards the development of network literature. Due to the wide range of communication of Payame Noor University with internal and external organizations as well as the qualitative and quantitative goals of the university, network leadership is the best leadership style to maximize the control, control and maximum utilization of Payame Noor University's communication capacity.In this regard, the present study has attempted to identify the network leadership antecedents at Payame Noor University and to investigate the causal relationships between these antecedents using Fuzzy DEMATEL technique.This research is applicable in terms of purpose, and descriptive in terms of data collection. In order to collect data we used the viewpoints of experts which selected by purposeful sampling and Sample size for completing the questionnaire of 12 full-time faculty members of Payame Noor University with a minimum associate degree and 10 years of academic background from ten areas of Payame Noor University. After identifying Network Leadership antecedents at Payam-e-Noor University from the literature, to determine the status of causal relations among these factors, Fuzzy DEMATEL technique was used over 6 steps. The results of data analysis showed that among the extracted antecedent from literature, empowerment is the most fundamental factor. Also, the two factors of empowerment and leader proactivity are the most influential factors among other network leadership antecedents at Payam-e-Noor University, and on the opposite side are the most influential indicators, culture and spirit of participation. According to the results of the research, Payam Noor University administrators should pay special attention to empowerment and leader proactivity as the two main factors influencing the implementation and optimal implementation of network leadership. Manuscript profile

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19 - Identifying and prioritizing key abilities affecting on successful technology transfer process in petrochemical downstream industries
abbas khamseh Yadollah sadeghi Mehrdad Hosseini Shkaib taqi torabi

Despite the importance of developing petrochemical industries, most of the country's exports in the petrochemical industry have been limited to raw materials and semi-industries, which is due to the incapability to acquire appropriate technology in the downstream indust More

Despite the importance of developing petrochemical industries, most of the country's exports in the petrochemical industry have been limited to raw materials and semi-industries, which is due to the incapability to acquire appropriate technology in the downstream industries. Technology transfer is one of the most important shortcut methods for acquiring and developing technologies in these industries, but one of the most important challenges is the managers' little familiarity with the technology transfer process and the abilities it requires. The aim of this study is to identify and prioritize the effective abilities in the success of the technology transfer process in the downstream, petrochemical industries, and for this purpose a combined method of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Analytic Network Process (ANP) has been used. In this regard, the content validity was confirmed by CVR and CVI forms and the final questionnaire was distributed and collected by the Porsline system among the statistical population and in order to investigate the accuracy of the theoretical model of the research, factor analysis with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and AMOS software was used. The results of this stage of the study indicate that 82 indicators in 8 ability factors affect the success of the technology transfer process in petrochemical downstream industries and the effectiveness of all 8 factors is ability at the semantic level. On the other hand, prioritizing the abilities that affect the success of the technology transfer process was done through the Analytic Network Process and Super Decisions software. The results show that technology dissemination abilities are the first priority, and technology adaptation abilities as well as development and improvement abilities are the second and third priorities. Manuscript profile

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20 - Investigating a model of implementation and development business intelligence in organization with the purpose of improving decision-making
Payam Yaghli

This article firstly tries to identify the various dimensions of successful implementation and development business intelligence as a set of technologies and processes that promote the procedure of the decision-making in the organization. Next, the effect of these dimen More

This article firstly tries to identify the various dimensions of successful implementation and development business intelligence as a set of technologies and processes that promote the procedure of the decision-making in the organization. Next, the effect of these dimensions on the process of decision-making in Eghtesad-e-Novin Bank, as a financial organization in which the speed of decision-making is of importance will be discussed. The criteria are the cultural, strategic and environmental factors, human resources and business intelligence tools the effects of which are discussed on the variable of "the latency in decision- making" in four divisions of organizational decision environment. The research methodology is mixed in this research and for this purpose in the qualitative part, the different dimensions of success in implementation and development business intelligence were extracted on the quality of decision-making with the Delphi technique by using the method of interviews and open questions in three stages and with the snowball method with the opinions of 18 experts. In the quantitative part, the priorities were determined with the help of the Analysis Network Process and Super Decision software. Finally, the main questionnaire has been finalized for the distribution among 90 personnel of different levels of the development and implement of business intelligence systems and the direct users of these systems in the organization. With the help of Smart Plus software and structural equations, as well as the effect of research variables on the reduction in the latency in decision-making, the relevant assumptions have been examined in a descriptive and survey manner with factor analysis. The proposed factors and models for evaluating business intelligence presented in this article help organizations, especially financial organizations in which speed in decision-making is of particular importance, to promote decision-making and minimize possible latencies in decision-making. Manuscript profile

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21 - analysis of co-authorship network of Iranian regenerative medicine scholars;
Atieh bozorgipour Soroosh Ghazinoori Mohammad Ghazinoori

Co-authorship is one of the most common manifestations of scientific collaboration between researchers and scholars of scientific disciplines. The significant growth of this phenomenon in various scientific disciplines in the last two decades has made the study of diffe More

Co-authorship is one of the most common manifestations of scientific collaboration between researchers and scholars of scientific disciplines. The significant growth of this phenomenon in various scientific disciplines in the last two decades has made the study of different features of co-authorship networks become an interesting issue for researchers. The study of these networks in various scientific disciplines such as mathematics, physics and information sciences using existing tools in the field of social network analysis has been considered. Due to the growing phenomenon of co-authorship in various fields of medical sciences, in this article, the co-authorship network of Iranian researchers in the field of reconstructive medicine has been analyzed. In addition, the network of scientific cooperation between Iranian institutions active in the field of reconstructive medicine has been analyzed and studied. Finally, based on the analysis, suggestions are made to improve the quantitative and qualitative level of research. Manuscript profile

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22 - Scientometrics and content analysis of research in the field of organizational entrepreneurship from the perspective of individual and group entrepreneurship in the organization
Hossain Sahebi Hamideh Reshadatjoo Mohammad Aboie Ardakan

Addressing corporate entrepreneurship has grown significantly in recent years and is known to be an important factor affecting success of an organisation. Nevertheless, the importance of the subject and research in this field, especially in domestic research, is neglect More

Addressing corporate entrepreneurship has grown significantly in recent years and is known to be an important factor affecting success of an organisation. Nevertheless, the importance of the subject and research in this field, especially in domestic research, is neglected and there is a wide disagreement in this field. This research has been done by scientometric method, and by using the method of citation analysis, evaluation technique and content analysis of documents; It intends to review studies in the field of corporate entrepreneurship and systematize past research to provide a conceptual model using content analysis of documents. The statistical cumulation of this research includes all the documents presented in the Scopus database with 1325 documents, including articles, books, etc. until 2019. Which is done using Bibexcle and VOSviewer software evaluation and illustration. Based on the content analysis of the documents; Research in the field of "corporate entrepreneurship from the perspective of individual and team entrepreneurship in the organization" is divided into four general sections. The first part of the research related to the pillars of corporate entrepreneurship includes innovation, strategic renewing, and business within the organization. The second part is related to individual entrepreneurship in the organization that concerns entrepreneurial orientation, motivation, ideation and creativity, work experience, acquisition Knowledge and skills development are highlited. The third part is related to team entrepreneurship in the organization, topics such as organizational recruiting capacity, independence, awarding system and effective behavior were identified in the process. The fourth and final part deals with motivating corporate entrepreneurship. It includes factors such as institutional, structural, managerial and environmental Manuscript profile

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23 - Managing the formation of Habermas public domain theory in Instagram and Telegram social networks
Ali asadnzhad Ali Jabari Nahid Kordi

20.1001.1.22286047.1401.21.72.1.0

The aim of the present study is to manage the formation of Habermas public domain theory in Instagram and Telegram social networks. The research method is field survey and survey. This research is a descriptive research in terms of the purpose of applied research. In th More

The aim of the present study is to manage the formation of Habermas public domain theory in Instagram and Telegram social networks. The research method is field survey and survey. This research is a descriptive research in terms of the purpose of applied research. In this research, after conducting library studies and complete and comprehensive compilation of theoretical literature and research background, a questionnaire has been designed and compiled in line with research related theories and research questions and hypotheses and distributed among the respondents. The statistical population of this research consists of the audience (cyberspace users) whose number is estimated at 8,674.621 million and according to Cochran's formula, its statistical sample is equal to 384 people. Therefore, in this research, by following this formula, 384 people have completed a questionnaire as a statistical sample. Using purposive non-random sampling method, the study sample was selected and the research data were analyzed by Pearson correlation method. The results showed that the highest impact in the first place of Internet access (β = 0.42), the second time of logical and rational critique of political, economic, social and cultural issues in social networks (Telegram and Instagram), respectively (= 0.39 b) The third time, the audience had a two-way and free conversation (all) with government officials on social networks (Telegram and Instagram) (β = 0.38). The fourth time, they used social networks (Telegram and Instagram) (β = 0.17). Manuscript profile

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24 - Identifying the effective actors of forex trading network in the NIMA system using social network analysis
Mehrdad Agha Mohammad Ali Kermani mohammad javad Rokhsat Talab Saeed Mirzamohammadi

20.1001.1.22286047.1400.20.68.1.5

Nima system is an integrated system of foreign exchange transactions. Nima is a platform system that has been designed and implemented with the aim of managing the foreign exchange market. In this system, on the supply side, exporters can sell the currency from their ex More

Nima system is an integrated system of foreign exchange transactions. Nima is a platform system that has been designed and implemented with the aim of managing the foreign exchange market. In this system, on the supply side, exporters can sell the currency from their exports, and on the demand side, importers can request to buy foreign currency. Identifying effective actors in each of these markets can have a positive impact on the policies of the main market maker of this system, the central bank.Using social networks analysis (SNA) tools can be a good way to achieve this. Since in these networks each of the actors can only have one of the roles of "buyer" or "seller" and there is only the possibility of trading and communication with the opposite role, these networks can be called bipartite networks. As a result, the usual approaches to identifying effective actors for these networks will not be usable. In contrast to standard approaches, we used a weighted projection algorithm to solve this problem. After projectting each of the two networks of foreign exchange supply and demand, four new networks are created, including the network of seller-exporters, buyer exchange offices, buyer importers, and seller exchange offices. Then We will try to make a method to score and rank the nodes. As a result of the implementation of the algorithm, a ranking was provided for the nodes, based on which the node with the highest rank will be the most important node in our network. Finally, in order to make suggestions to the policymaker, by analyzing the results of the ranking, questions about effective market players were answered. Manuscript profile

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25 - Assessment of organization efficiency using an integrated model of EFQM-network data envelopment analysis
Alireza Khosravi Mohammad Fallah Esmaeil Najafi

10.61186/mf.42379.22.77.57

Establishment of the modern managerial systems is one of the most important steps for the excellence of organizations. The European Foundation of Quality Management (EFQM) is one of the technics that has started from Europe during the two recent decades and nowadays man More

Establishment of the modern managerial systems is one of the most important steps for the excellence of organizations. The European Foundation of Quality Management (EFQM) is one of the technics that has started from Europe during the two recent decades and nowadays many organizations are in the process of implementing this model with- in their managerial domain. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a known nonparametric tool for evaluating the organization’s efficiency. In addition to having the capability to measure the total efficiency of a system, network DEA is able to calculate the efficiency of system components. Since EFQM can be considered as a multi-stage system, existence of network DEA along with it can improve the analysis. In this paper, an integrated model has been suggested based on EFQM and Network DEA for assessing the organization’s operation. For this purpose, at first the EFQM has been considered as a ‘four-stage system’ including leadership (the first stage), activities related to employees, policy, strategy and partnership (the second stage), processes (the third stage), and results (the fourth stage). Then considering 32 sub-criteria in EFQM, input and output variables have been determined for each one of the four stage s and on this basis math form for Network DEA model has been developed for this 4-satge system. Manuscript profile

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