Drawing the Map of Causal Relationships of Factors for the Development of the Capacity of Entrepreneurial University as a Center of Knowledge Production Through DEMATLE Method

The aim of this study of descriptive- analytical is the drawing of the map of causal relationships of factors for the development of the capacity of entrepreneurial university in academic environments.
To achieve to this end, the University of Mazandaran is investigated as a case study. The causal relationship of the factors for the development of entrepreneurial capacity at the university is investigated. By using a questionnaire of paired comparisons and distribute it among officials and academic experts, and after running the DEMATLE technique, the relationships between variables was evident.
Findings: The finding show that among the introduced measures, the vision and mission of the university has the most influence and the criterion of entrepreneurial education at the university has the least influence on other criteria. Exploring the extent of the important of criteria so showed that the university leverage was the most important criterion and multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary of university was the least important criterion among criteria.
Nowadays, in the side of successful diffusion of knowledge and its application in manufacturing, knowledge production has become to the global goal. Thus, in a knowledge-based economy, the wealth must increase by entrancing the new knowledge within products technologically and innovationaly, and created the jobs, and the Universities must come into entrepreneurial organizations to fulfill their missions.