A Regional Analysis of the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Rural Areas of Northern Iran: Case Study of Watershed of the Haraz Plain

Journal of Research and Rural Planning

مقالات آماده انتشار، پذیرفته شده، انتشار آنلاین از تاریخ 22 اردیبهشت 1401  

نوع مقاله: Original Article

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/jrrp.2022.74442.1035

نویسندگان

Hadi Moumenihelali ¹؛ Enayat Abbasi ¹؛ Otto Kroesen²

¹Tarbiat Modares University

²Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

چکیده

Purpose- Having an appropriate and integrated entrepreneurial ecosystem in rural areas largely guarantees the sustainability of rural businesses. Therefore, this study was conducted with the purpose of classification of the rural regions of the Haraz plain watershed in terms of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Design/methodology/approach- This is a descriptive study that has been done by using a survey. The questionnaire was the key instrument for gathering data. The study samples were 182 proactive rice farmers and 50 rural experts.
Findings- The result showed that the studied regions are in an inappropriate situation in terms of the rural entrepreneurship ecosystem. Relative assessment using Shannon's entropy showed support component ranked at the highest level by a large difference compared to other components. The financial component ranked at the lowest level in comparison with other components. The results using the ORESTE and hierarchical cluster analysis techniques showed that the Noor and Babolsar regions were identified as the most appropriate regions in terms of the rural entrepreneurship ecosystem in order to rural business development, respectively.
Research limitations/implications- The improvement of REEs in the six regions should be seriously considered and pursued by policymakers. At the same time according to this research and creating mental ideas for the authors, it is suggested that researchers study the REE and introduce the types of rural businesses appropriate to the situation of the EE in each region of the world, the topic that is not covered in this article. In addition, the method, model, and strategy used in this study provide an appropriate pattern for future research in entrepreneurial activities development in different regions of the world.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Rural Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (REE)؛ ORESTE technique؛ Shannon's Entropy (SE)؛ Watershed of the Haraz Plain (WHP)