Strategic Analysis of the Presence of Corporate Venture Capital in Iranian Science and Technology Parks and incubators

Corporate Venture Capitals (CVCs) are important financial innovations used for financial resourcing of new high-risk and high-tech organizations. In order to reduce existing risks, CVCs have focused on developing firms, science and technology parks and incubators by their main twofold functions. The first function is providing the capital needed for the commercialization of ideas, plans and designs of entrepreneurs and the second one is preparing a good market for CVC. In present study, it is attempted to detect the internal strengths and weaknesses of science and technology parks and incubators using one of the most important strategic management instruments, i.e. SOWT model as well as to analyse environmental opportunities and threats confronting CVCs in science and technology parks and incubators and to represent the strategies in four strategic groups, such as SO, ST, WO, and WT. All strategies are prioritized using TOPSIS technique among these four groups which the most important strategies are using the experiences of pioneer countries in the field of CVCs, science and technology parks and incubators. The main purpose of this study is finding and sharing the benefits or losses of the developing companies and also developing activities associated with establishing relationship between investors and holders of new ideas such as market technology. [Mehdi Malekdar. Strategic Analysis of the Presence of Corporate Venture Capital in Iranian Science and Technology Parks and incubators. Life Sci J 2012;9(3):1854-1859]. (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 269