Evaluation of Innovation Components in IT Startups with a Focus on Industry 4.0

Subject Areas : Information Systems

Shahram Shakouri ¹ , Abbas khamseh ² , Reza Radfar ³

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Business Management, Tehran Central Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Management, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
3 - Professor, Department of Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-03-16 Accepted : 2023-06-17 Published : 2023-10-01

Keywords: Information-Technology, innovation, Startups, Industry 0.4,

Abstract :

This research has evaluated the innovation components in information technology startups with a focus on Industry 4.0. The approach of the current research is of a qualitative type and was implemented based on the meta-composite approach. On this basis, all articles published in ISI magazines, books and internal and external theses related to the topic of innovation in the field of startups and in the period of 2015 to 2021 were examined. According to the SIP model, the researchers identified 17 concepts and 96 codes for each of the 4 categories of substrate (background), input (input), the main category of process and output (output), which were paid attention to in internal and external studies. The results of this research will help researchers and practitioners in the field of innovation in information technology startups to know what variables and components should be included in the four sectors of the platform for a comprehensive understanding of the innovation development of startups based on the 0.4 industry. Pay attention to the main category of process and output. The present study contributes to the literature on startup technology innovation in information technology and its practices and outlines desirable practices for future researchers.

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