According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, universities are one of the major players in the innovation ecosystem, and their activities play an essential role in macro performance of innovation system of the country. Therefore, all applicable political tools must be exploited so that universities could be able to fully perform their tasks in the innovation and technology system of the country.

One of the universities that has been able to take valuable steps in this regard is Sharif University of Technology. According to statistics, about 150 knowledge-based companies or businesses have been established by students, faculty members and graduates of this university by the help of strategies and measures taken by the university in the area of knowledge and technology commercialization.

Therefore, the knowledge-based economy, technology and science development headquarter has aimed for documentation of strategies and actions of the universities and evaluation of their outcomes by distributing the experiences of Sharif University of Technology in the area of commercialization of technological achievements of students and faculty members and formation of sustainable and powerful knowledge-based businesses.

The book of “On the Path of Development of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” with the approach of beating of knowledge-based economy on the radar of Sharif University of Technology is one of the books of this category, published and made available for the public with the help of the knowledge-based economy, technology and science development headquarter.

Generally, development of knowledge-based economy seems impossible in the absence of an innovation ecosystem, which creates the foundation for growth and development of technological businesses. Therefore, the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs has emphasized the culture building and strengthening of innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country in the past few years. Publication of the book of “A Report of Works of Sharif University of Technology in Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” is carried out in this respect.

Some of the most important topics of this book include a report on a nine-billion IRR sell and management of four billion successful transactions in one year by the efforts of one of the graduates of Sharif University after returning from studying in America to Iran, a review of the performance of active companies in this university, a report on monthly production of 20 thousand tons of knowledge-based products by Iranian experts, a report on the formation of the loop of the first entrepreneurship chain, come to fruition of seed of technology nucleus, and tens of other topics. (The written file)