Presenting a Competency Model of Knowledge-Based Companies Located in Growth Centers and Science and Technology Parks

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this research was presenting a competency model for knowledge-based companies located in growth centers and science and technology parks.

Methodology: This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive from type of qualitative in terms of implementation method. The population of the present study included managers and academic experts familiar with the field of knowledge-based companies located in growth centers and science and technology parks, which from them number of 12 people were selected as a sample according to the principle of theoretical saturation. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, which its validity was confirmed by the triangulation method and its reliability was obtained by the agreement coefficient between the two coders of 0.86. These data were analyzed using the theme analysis method according to the principle of data-grounded theory in MAXQDA software.

Findings: The results of this study showed that the competency for knowledge-based companies located in growth centers and science and technology parks have 102 basic themes and 31 organizing themes in 7 comprehensive themes including the central phenomenon (with one theme organizing of business competency), causal conditions (with seven themes organizing of human resource competency, fundamental competencies, globalization, creative and innovative economy, organizational contingencies and requirements, environmental requirements and contingencies and talent management), contextual conditions (with four themes organizing of relations the industry and university, innovation culture of knowledge-based companies, equal opportunities for entrepreneurship and managerial competencies), intervening conditions (with six themes organizing of external factors, internal factors, behavioral factors, product life cycle, intellectual property and efficiency of science and technology parks), strategies (with six themes organizing of strategic orientation, strategic management thinking, emphasis on teamwork, networking, establishing growth center, and presenting direct training) and outcomes (with seven organizing themes of organizational outcomes, resilience of business human resource processes, increasing the level of organizational competitiveness, improving organizational efficiency, improving organizational financial performance, improving organizational strategic thinking and organizational growth).

Conclusion: Considering the themes of the competency model for knowledge-based companies located in growth centers and science and technology parks can be taken an effective step to improve and promote the competencies of knowledge-based companies through the identified themes.