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How public funding affects complexity in R&D projects. An analysis of team project perceptions. González-Varona, José Manuel Martín-Cruz, Natalia Acebes Senovilla, Fernando Pajares Gutiérrez, Javier Inversiones públicas Gestión de proyectos In this paper, we apply a case study approach to advance current understanding of what effects public co-funding of R&D projects have on project team members’ perceived complexity. We chose an R&D project carried out by an industrial SME in northern Spain. The chosen research strategy was a qualitative approach, and sixteen employees participated in the project. We held in-depth semi-structured interviews at the beginning and end of the co-funded part of the project. NVivo data analysis software was used for qualitative data analysis. Results showed a substantial increase in perceived complexity. We observed that this was due to unresolved tension between the requirements of the project’s co-financing entity and normal SME working procedures. New working procedures needed to be developed in order to comply with the co-financing entity’s requirements. However, overall perceived complexity significantly decreased once the co-financed part of the project was completed. 2024-09-23T08:46:28Z 2024-09-23T08:46:28Z 2023 journal article González-Varona, J. M., Martín-Cruz, N., Acebes, F., & Pajares, J. (2023). How public funding affects complexity in R&D projects. An analysis of team project perceptions. Journal of Business Research, 158, 113672. 0148-2963 https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32806 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113672 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Elsevier