Movement of Iranian Academic Research Centers towards Knowledge Management: An Exploration of KM Critical Factors

This paper is to discuss the essential issues of knowledge management (KM), in order to explore knowledge management primary steps in some Iranian academic research centers (ARC). So, the critical success factors of knowledge management (KM-CSF) through some Iranian academic research centers have been identifies based on a comprehensive review of KM literature. For this purpose, a questionnaire was designed, applied and then analyzed by some statistical methods.