ali rezaian - professor , department of public management
mohammadhassan mobaraki - assistance professor
mohammadjavad naeiji - P.H.D.student
mansooreh abbasalizadeh - young research club

In the light of the key role intellectual capital and entrepreneurship has for firms the current study examines interrelation between intellectual capital and strategic entrepreneurship in organizational performance. Data are gathered from 322 managers in 129 firms SMEs in the scope of IRAN mill and steel industry. in each company three types of surveys were distributed among two-three members of top management teams. results indicate that both kind of independent variables and their subscales correlate with organizational performance.

intellectual capital, SMEs, entrepreneurship,organizational performance , opportunity exploration and exploitation, iran industry