Studying and Explaining the Role of Technological Challenges in the Stagnation Process of Industrial Enterprises: An Exploratory Mix Approach

The present research studies and explains the role of technological challenges in the stagnation process of industrial enterprises, whose spatial territory is Kermanshah Province. The research method was based on the exploratory mix approach; first, to collect data, sampling, judgment and snowball methods were used to achieve theoretical data saturation through in-depth interviews with 31 people. Second, the data was collected through interviewing 97 people using a questionnaire and by stratified sampling method. The results showed that the paradigm model is classified in the form of causal, intervening and contextual conditions and different consequences can be proposed for it. Testing to explain the role of technological challenges showed that this factor, as one of the sub-categories of contextual conditions, has a significant impact on model strategies and includes the following concepts: low level of technologies in the process of production, distribution and sale of products, inconsistency of production cycle technologies, and non-compliance of product technology with market changes.