Investigating factors affecting the development of information technology-based businesses in Iran

The purpose of this research, which was conducted with a quantitative approach and using a questionnaire tool, is to validate one of the conceptual models available in the literature and provide a framework of factors affecting the development of the digital economy in Iran. The statistical population of this research includes the founders, managers, employees and experts of businesses based on information technology and digital economy activists in the country, and the minimum sample size for the validity of the results according to the method used for quantitative analysis is 160. In this research, the findings of the reference qualitative research were implemented in the form of a questionnaire using the Google Form tool and sent to a community of industry activists. The data received through 240 completed questionnaires were analyzed using the confirmatory factor analysis method, and the results were presented in the form of a final model. The results of this research show that the development of the digital economy requires simultaneous attention to environmental factors and inter-organizational factors, and the government as a policy maker plays a key role in the development of digital businesses.