The Effects of the Knowledge-Based Economic Sector on the Development of an Endogenous Defense Economy through the Development of Human Resources in Knowledge-Based Defense Industry Companies

According to the policies of Resistance Economy, Iran’s defensive capacities (among others) are to be developed based on domestic capabilities. In this regard, the development of knowledge-based companies and expert human capital, or the knowledge-based economic sector more generally, could play a crucial role. The present study assesses the impact of the knowledge-based economic sector on developing an endogenous defense economy through studying their role in developing human resources for knowledge-based defense companies. This paper can be categorized as applied research, and in terms of data collection method, as a descriptive survey. First, 102 people were tested based on a random sampling method. Thereafter, Spss and Smart Pls software were utilized to analyze the gathered data. In terms of validity, the present study passed both face and content validity tests, and furthermore, its reliability was established through the Cronbach's alpha method with a score of 0.937. The results indicate that the knowledge-based economic sector, both directly and indirectly, through development of human resources, has a positive and significant effect on the development of an endogenous defense sector. Furthermore, the results of structural equation modeling show that the collected data appropriately match the conceptual model of the present study.