Iranian Research Organisation for Science and Technology Journal of Technology Development Management 2008-5060 8 4 2021 02 19 A Framework for Innovation Assessment in Creative Industries with a Focus on Handicrafts A Framework for Innovation Assessment in Creative Industries with a Focus on Handicrafts 143 167 1047 10.22104/jtdm.2021.4172.2509 FA Mehdi Goodarzi Faculty Member, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran. Mohammad Javad Mostofi M.A. in Technology Management, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran. Mohammad Naghizadeh Faculty Member, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran. 0000-0002-6951-4523 Journal Article 2020 04 22 Creative industries are one of the growing economic sectors, drawn from different aspects, the attention of researchers and policymakers around the world. In this regard, defining and evaluating the innovation in the creative industries is a vital step toward innovation assessment in the industries and is also a challenge for policymakers. In Iran, handicrafts are one of the sectors that are the subject of the most trade exchanges among the creative industries, yet, this field seems to require more innovation for gaining a strong presence in the international competition. This paper aims to shed light on how to attain these two goals. It starts to examine the indicators of innovation in handicrafts, and then, to find out their importance and correlation introduced by exploratory factor analysis. Finally, the paper findings consist of a framework of 17 key indicators under 5 main categories including implementation of innovation, human resource participation, external communications, training, learning, and focusing on organizational processes Creative industries are one of the growing economic sectors, drawn from different aspects, the attention of researchers and policymakers around the world. In this regard, defining and evaluating the innovation in the creative industries is a vital step toward innovation assessment in the industries and is also a challenge for policymakers. In Iran, handicrafts are one of the sectors that are the subject of the most trade exchanges among the creative industries, yet, this field seems to require more innovation for gaining a strong presence in the international competition. This paper aims to shed light on how to attain these two goals. It starts to examine the indicators of innovation in handicrafts, and then, to find out their importance and correlation introduced by exploratory factor analysis. Finally, the paper findings consist of a framework of 17 key indicators under 5 main categories including implementation of innovation, human resource participation, external communications, training, learning, and focusing on organizational processes https://jtdm.irost.ir/article_1047_20b5e1cf8694af7a3c1ba4a87f073021.pdf