Women Form 12% of Managing Directors of Knowledge-Based Companies in Iran
23% of members of the board of directors and 12% of the managing-directors of knowledge-based companies in Iran are women. Also, 17% of the shares of knowledge-based companies are owned by women, the report said.
The number of knowledge-based companies in Iran has increased from about 1,500 to nearly 8,260 companies from 2015 to 2023, and in recent years, an average of 1,000 companies have been added to the number of knowledge-based companies, it added.
The three areas of electricity and electronics, software and machinery respectively have the largest number of companies and 65% of knowledge-based companies are active in these three areas. Also, 60% of knowledge-based companies were established after 2014 (implementation of the law to support knowledge-based companies). These companies have earned 16% of the revenue of knowledge-based companies.
At the end of last Iranian year (March 20, 2023), nearly 300,000 people were working in knowledge-based companies, and this figure has grown by 20% compared to the start of the previous year.
Iranian Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy Rouhollah Dehqani Firouzabadi announced in January that the country’s exports of knowledge-based products will reach $2bln by the end of the current Persian calendar year (March 19).
“In 2019, the exports of knowledge-based products was $600 million, but in 2020, due to the spread of the coronavirus, this figure decreased to $300 million. In 2021, the export of knowledge-based products increased to $600 million, in 2022 to $850 million, and in 2023 to $1.5 billion; and this amount is expected to reach $2 billion by the end of the year,” Dehqani Firouzabadi said.
He also announced the establishment of a joint science and technology park by Iran and Uzbekistan.
“We are also looking for opportunities to attract the (scientific) elite. One of our main goals to achieve this goal is to create domestic and foreign markets,” he said.
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