The role and position of universities in the provincial ecosystem of knowledge-based development: Theoretical framework and its application for West Azarbaijan province

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Yaghoub Entezari 1
Rahim Dabbagh 2
1 Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education Economics and Human Resource Studies, Institute for Higher Education Research and Planning, Tehran, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran
10.61838/kman.irphe.30.1.3
Abstract
National development is the result of local and provincial development. In today's era, which is known as the age of knowledge, local and provincial development takes place only within the framework of the provincial ecosystem of knowledge-based development. In many developed countries, universities are the most important actors and beneficiaries of this ecosystem. But the role and position of Iranian universities in this type of ecosystem is not very clear and it seems that they do not have a favorable role and position. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to verify this hypothesis. For this purpose, the technique of "stakeholder interaction analysis" and the study data of West Azarbaijan province have been used. The findings of the research show that the universities of West Azarbaijan province do not have a proper role and position in the knowledge-based development ecosystem of this province. In fact, such an ecosystem is very poorly formed in this province.

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  • Receive Date 09 November 2022
  • Revise Date 15 January 2024
  • Accept Date 27 January 2024
  • Publish Date 20 April 2024