The Evaluation of Success Factors of Open Innovation Intermediaries (Case of Nanotechnology Companies Network)

This paper aims to investigate and derive the success factors for innovation intermediary institutions in adopting open innovation approaches among the network of the nanotechnology Companies. After a literature review in the field of open innovation and focus on the role of mediating institutions, a validated questionnaire based on interviews with experts was used. Morever, taking the advantage of statistical analysis software (SPSS) to analyze the factors, a Structural equations model (SEM) was developed to determine the success factors. The results show that the success factors include the S&T policies and institutions, professional services, economic factors, collaboration networks, the characteristics of the business models and structure of the nanotechnology network in Iran.