The Success Factors of Developing Countries' Transition to a Learning Economy: Evidences from Iran by a Grounded Theory Approach

Abdi, Behnam; Khodadad Hosseini, Seyyed Hamid

doi:10.22099/ijes.2019.31565.1512

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Faculty of Management, Imam Ali Officer University, Tehran, Iran.

² Faculty of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22099/ijes.2019.31565.1512

Abstract

An outstanding feature of the contemporary world is the rapid economic, technological, social, and political changes marked by a high level of uncertainty. For surviving in this complex and constantly changing economy, successful transition to a learning economy is a necessity for developing countries. This research was aimed to investigate the factors which played a role in the developing countries’ successful transition to a learning economy. Furthermore, according to evolutionary economics, countries are path-dependent, i.e. the differences in structures and institutions of an economy give each economic system its specific nature that is illustrated in the particular challenges each country face in its transformation to a learning economy. Hence, based on the pieces of evidence from Iran, this inductive, exploratory, and qualitative research, using a grounded theory approach and a follow-up quantitative analysis based on survey data, led to the development of a model that can be used to analyze the success factors which contribute to this transition. The findings showed that in terms of the ‘paradigm model’, transitional thinking as casual condition, ICT, social capital and macro-economic conditions as intervening conditions, policy institution as central category, government, university and industry interactions, learning firms, collaborative learning, improved research and education system, and regional development as strategies were factors that could lead to a learning economy.

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Article Title [Persian]

عوامل حیاتی موفقیت گذار به اقتصاد یادگیرنده در کشورهای در حال توسعه: مطالعه موردی ایران با رویکرد تئوری داده بنیاد

Authors [Persian]

بهنام عبدی ¹
سید حمید خدادادحسینی ²

¹ دانشکده مدیریت، دانشگاه امام علی (ع)، تهران، ایران.

² دانشکده مدیریت و اقتصاد، دانشگاه تربیت مدرس، تهران، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

زندگی در دنیای امروز یا تغییرات سریع در حوزه های مختلف اقتصادی، فناورانه، اجتماعی و سیاسی همراه است که با میزان قابل توجهی از عدم قطعیت مشخص می شود. تکامل کشورهای در حال توسعه در این اقتصاد جهانی که با سرعت و پیچیدگی فراوان در حال تغییر است، نیازمند گذار موفق به اقتصاد یادگیرنده است. پژوهش حاضر به دنبال پاسخ به این سوال است که گذار موفق کشورهای در حال توسعه به اقتصاد یادگیرنده مستلزم توجه به چه عواملی است؟ از طرف دیگر، برابر اصل وابستگی به مسیر مطرح در اقتصاد تکاملی، کشورهای مختلف با اقتصادهای ملی، ساختارها، نهادها، ارزشها فرهنگها و تاریخچه متفاوت، شخصیت متمایز سیستم ملی خود را دارند که چالشهای مختص هر یک را برای گذار به اقتصاد یادگیرنده ایجاد می کند. بر این اساس، پژوهش کیفی، استقرایی و اکتشافی حاضر با رویکرد ترکیبی (کیفی و کمی) شامل تئوری داده بنیاد در مرحله کیفی و تحلیل کمی پیمایشی به توسعه مدلی می پردازد که برا تعیین عوامل موثر بر گذار ایران به اقتصاد یادگیرنده موثرند. یافته ها نشان می دهند که تفکر گذار، نهاد سیاست، فناوری اطلاعات و ارتباطات، سرمایه اجتماعی، شرایط اقتصاد کلان، توسعه منطقه ای، بنگاه های یادگیرنده، تعامل دولت، صنعت و دانشگاه، سیستم ارتقاء یافته آموزش و پژوهش و یادگیری همکارانه مبتنی بر اعتماد متقابل در این رابطه قابل توجه هستند. این عوامل در قالب مدلی بر اساس مدل پارادایم سازماندهی و ارایه شده اند.

Keywords [Persian]

اقتصاد یادگیرنده
اقتصاد دانش بنیان
گذار
نهاد سیاست
تئوری داده بنیاد

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Iranian Journal of Economic Studies

The Success Factors of Developing Countries' Transition to a Learning Economy: Evidences from Iran by a Grounded Theory Approach

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Volume 8, Issue 1 - Serial Number 15
March 2019
Pages 137-161

The Success Factors of Developing Countries' Transition to a Learning Economy: Evidences from Iran by a Grounded Theory Approach

References

References

Volume 8, Issue 1 - Serial Number 15March 2019Pages 137-161

Volume 8, Issue 1 - Serial Number 15
March 2019
Pages 137-161