TY  - EJOUR
AB  - Given the importance of knowledge-based firms in the agricultural sector, this paper aimed to identify barriers hindering companies from becoming knowledge-based in the dominant competitive and dynamic environment. To this end, using a qualitative approach, in-depth interviews were conducted to collect data from 38 experts and managers in agricultural companies working in Alborz Science and Technology Park  Isfahan, Hamedan, and Tehran University. The main criterion for determining the sample size was to reach the theoretical saturation. All respondents were selected using a theoretical and purposeful sampling method. Data coding and analysis procedures were completed in three stages. According to the results of the study, five main internal and external elements were identified: market inefficiency, governance-administrative barriers, inefficient union or organization, lack of skills and professionalism, and the internal inefficiency of the company.
AU  - Ansari, Manochehr
AU  - Jamour, Hossein
AU  - Gorgabi, Mohammad Haghshenas
AU  - Kavoosi-Kalashami, Mohammad
DA  - 2020-03
DA  - 2020-03
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.335095
DO  - doi
EP  - 17
EP  - 1
ID  - 335095
IS  - 01
JF  - International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development
KW  - Agribusiness
KW  - Governance-administrative barriers
KW  - grounded theory
KW  - knowledge-based firms
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/335095/files/IJAMAD_Volume%2010_Issue%201_Pages%201-17.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/335095/files/IJAMAD_Volume%2010_Issue%201_Pages%201-17.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/335095/files/IJAMAD_Volume%2010_Issue%201_Pages%201-17.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/335095/files/IJAMAD_Volume%2010_Issue%201_Pages%201-17.pdf
N2  - Given the importance of knowledge-based firms in the agricultural sector, this paper aimed to identify barriers hindering companies from becoming knowledge-based in the dominant competitive and dynamic environment. To this end, using a qualitative approach, in-depth interviews were conducted to collect data from 38 experts and managers in agricultural companies working in Alborz Science and Technology Park  Isfahan, Hamedan, and Tehran University. The main criterion for determining the sample size was to reach the theoretical saturation. All respondents were selected using a theoretical and purposeful sampling method. Data coding and analysis procedures were completed in three stages. According to the results of the study, five main internal and external elements were identified: market inefficiency, governance-administrative barriers, inefficient union or organization, lack of skills and professionalism, and the internal inefficiency of the company.
PY  - 2020-03
PY  - 2020-03
SN  - 2047-3710
SP  - 1
T1  - Key Barriers to Knowledge-Based Firms in Agricultural Industry
TI  - Key Barriers to Knowledge-Based Firms in Agricultural Industry
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/335095/files/IJAMAD_Volume%2010_Issue%201_Pages%201-17.pdf
VL  - 10
Y1  - 2020-03
T2  - International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development
ER  -