Economic Geography Research

Economic Geography Research

Identifying the factors inhibiting and promoting the development of entrepreneurship(case study: villages in the central part of Ardabil County)

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
1 Associate Prof, of the Department of Geography and Urban and Rural Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
2 M.Sc. of Geography and Rural Planning, Sustainable Rural Development Management, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
3 M.Sc. of Geography and Rural Planning, Sustainable Rural Development Management, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
Abstract
The solution to the challenges of rural settlements such as poverty, food insecurity, unemployment, migration, lack of welfare, etc. lies in adopting new policies and strategies that are appropriate to the geographical conditions prevailing in rural settlements

Due to their functional nature, rural communities are closely related to their surrounding environment, many of which lead to the development of entrepreneurship and the strengthening of the rural economy, while others limit the development of entrepreneurship and delay economic progress. The aim of the present study is to identify the factors that inhibit and promote the development of entrepreneurship in the villages of the central part of Ardabil County. This study is descriptive-analytical in terms of its applied purpose and research method. The technique required to obtain the required data is library and field (questionnaire), and the research population is the villages of the central part of Ardabil County. The structural equation method in the LISREL software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the managerial factor with an effect coefficient of 0.934, the economic factor with an effect coefficient of 0.917, the infrastructural and environmental factor with an effect coefficient of 0.905 are the important driving factors, respectively, and the economic factor with an effect coefficient of 0.912, the human resource factor with an effect coefficient of 0.905, and the managerial factor with an effect coefficient of 0.895 are the three important inhibiting factors for the development of entrepreneurship in rural areas of the central part of Ardabil County
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  • Receive Date 13 December 2024
  • Revise Date 28 May 2025
  • Accept Date 21 November 2025