Presenting a model of effective indicators on developing entrepreneur university; with application of (MCDM) and integrated fuzzy DELPHI and fuzzy AHP Techniques

Abstract

Nowadays, the economy of developed countries depend more on knowledge production, dissemination, and utilization than everything. In these conditions, higher education institutions as the knowledge production and dissemination institutions are not considered only for education and research, and these institutions are expected to play a more active role in national and regional economic production through entrepreneurship. In fact, the purpose of the present research is representation of a model of effective indicators on developing entrepreneurial university and ranking them by DELPHI and Fuzzy techniques in universities of Mazandaran Province. Present research is an applied research in terms of purpose, and is descriptive- survey in terms of collecting data and information. Research statistical population includes the professors and academic experts that there are in incubators (growth centers) of universities of Mazandaran Province in 1394 (2015) and are selected by a purposive of judgmental method. In other hand, the Fuzzy Delphi and Fuzzy techniques are used to analyze data. The results of Fuzzy Delphi technique revealed the effects of 10 basic factors on developing entrepreneurial university, the results of Fuzzy AHP technique also showed that the vision, mission, and strategy indicator has most weight and significance in university among evaluated indicators. The indicator of structure and organizational design also gains the least rank and score.

Keywords

• entrepreneur university higher education innovation fuzzy techniques