غلامعلی شهمرادی

Today, the development of research and development activities that have a high level of technological complexity is considered an important and influential factor in the development and growth of the knowledge-based economy of developed countries; Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the effective components on the level of technological complexity of research and development activities. This research is in the category of applied research and in terms of methodology, it is in the category of qualitative research. With the approach of data-based theory, data was collected from studying documents and reviewing literature and conducting semi-structured interviews with 20 experts in the field of research and development. By analyzing the data, first 149 variables were extracted and during three stages of open, central and selective coding, the components affecting the level of technological complexity of research and development activities were identified, then the factor of obtaining advanced technology was identified as a central category. was selected and the rest of the factors were placed within the research structures (causal, background, intervening factors, strategies and consequences) and the research paradigm model was formed and five hypotheses were proposed. Based on the results of the research, 97 components (including 19 cases of causal factors, 16 cases of contextual factors, 12 cases of intervening factors, 11 cases of central subcategories, 23 cases of strategy and 16 cases of consequences) on the level of technological complexity of research activities and Development is influential.

Today, research and development activities are considered important sources of transformation in the fields of technology and knowledge production, and research and development departments of knowledge-based companies play an important role in innovation and improvement of products and services. The more advanced and fundamental the level of research activities of knowledge-based companies and the higher the level of technological complexity of these activities, the more innovative and competitive products are available to the domestic and global markets. turns In this regard, the present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the levels of technological complexity of research and development activities in knowledge-based companies. This research is an applied-developmental research in terms of its purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of its nature and method. The statistical population of the research was all CEOs of knowledge-based companies located in Golestan Science and Technology Park, numbering 85 people. The sample size was considered to be 80 people using Morgan's table and more cautiously, and available sampling method was used. The tool used to collect research data is a researcher-made questionnaire, whose validity was confirmed by measuring face and content validity and its reliability using Cronbach's alpha method. The results of the research indicate that 65% of research and development activities in knowledge-based companies based in Golestan Science and Technology Park are experimental development, 31.2% are applied research and only 3.8%. The percentage is the type of basic research.

Today, knowledge-based companies play a very important role in achieving advanced technologies and producing innovative products, and as a result, the growth and development of countries. The success of these companies is due to the development of advanced research and development activities that have a high level of technological complexity.

The current research is of mixed type. In the qualitative part, the grounded theory approach was used and the data was collected using interview tools and literature review. Quantitative part data was collected from the desired statistical population through a researcher-made questionnaire, then data analysis and model fitting with structural equation modeling method and using smart software pls3 done.

91 effective factors on determining the level of technological complexity in the form of six categories were identified and the presented model was confirmed.

The model for determining the level of technological complexity of research and development activities resulting from the present study can be a suitable tool for managers of research and development departments of knowledge-based companies in order to improve the level of research and development activities based on global standards and creating transformation in the fields of technology and knowledge production.