The Influence of Trust on Flourishing Innovation: Study of Pardis Science & Technology Park in Tehran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Prof., Dep. of Urban Management, Faculty of Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 Master of Urban Management, Faculty of Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

This research aims at defining effective causes of trust and
surveying trust effect on innovation enhancement in Iran and Tehran
district, through a case study of Pardis Science and Technology Park.
This research concentrates on systems thinking approach. Research
sample was based on 105 people located in the mentioned area with
64 sample. Data was analyzed with SPSS and Lisrel software in order
to extract key important factors which have an impact on trust and
also investigate impact of trust on degree of innovativeness in cities.
In the next stage, qualitative method was employed and interviews
were conducted with 8 people in this field. Data were analyzed based
on theme analysis method and the final system was designed with
Vensim Modeling Technique. Results indicate that many factors
influence on trust formation in cities which consequently have an
effect on innovation indexes.

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