The Suppotive Policies for New Technology-Based Firms (NTBF's)

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1 Department of Science Policy, National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP), Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Information Policy, Society and Information Faculty, Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IRANDOC), Tehran, Iran

Abstract

New Technology-based Firms play a key role in the knowledge-based economy for innovation and technology development in countries. Agility and Attention to Innovative Technologies and Solutions distinguish these firms from traditional ones. These firms have different attributes depending on the type of scope and size. So their supporting policies are different from other companies. Generally, policy support for NTBF's is divided into four categories of financing support, legal exemptions, market development support and organizational and managerial empowerment support, and then policy makers design related policies tools in one of the four categories based on the features of the NTBF's. Whatever the system of support will respond more comprehensively and more precisely to the needs of NTBF's, the possibility of achieving successful results increases. In this article, the importance and characteristics of the growth of NTBF's, along with supportive policies for the achievement of this growth and development have been addressed, and some of the supportive policies applied in Iran have been expressed.
 
 

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Journal of Science and Technology Policy
Volume 12, Issue 2
June 2019
Pages 285-296

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