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Current Nutrition & Food Science

Author(s): Koroush Khosravi-Darani and Kianoush Khosravi-Darani*

DOI: 10.2174/1573401319666230607121804

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Obstacles and Threats for Developing Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in a Developing Country: Iran

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Abstract

The development of entrepreneurship which is a requirement for the commercialization of academic findings in each society depends on many influencing factors. In this paper, these influencing variables on the entrepreneurial ecosystem in IRAN (in general and with a special focus on food technology) have been discussed. Furthermore, the ecosystem, and situations of the food industry in Iran as well as the barriers to the development of entrepreneurship have been described. After a review of the key success of succeeding countries, then, obstacles and approaches in Iran have been described. Also, the method and manner of ecosystem development, as well as effective components in the entrepreneurship ecosystem are introduced. Finally, the key success factors of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and evaluation criteria are described. Both academic and food industries may benefit from this study, especially start-ups, which want to start a business in this ecosystem and similar ones. Based on previous experiences a questionnaire has been recommended for the development of a new network, e.g. food technology network.

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