Study on Development Barriers of Agricultural Early Return and Entrepreneurship Small and Medium Enterprises in Zanjan Province

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The purpose of this survey was to study the barriers on development of agricultural early return and entrepreneurship Small and Medium Enterprises in Zanjan province. The statistical population of the study consisted of all owners and managers of the enterprises in province of Zanjan (N= 354). A sample size of 220 was selected using a stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected by a researcher- made questionnaire. A panel of experts confirmed the validity of the questionnaire. A pilot study was conducted to establish the reliability of the instrument. Cronbach’s alpha Coefficient for the main scale of the questionnaire was equal to 0.76. The results of factor analysis showed that six factors including: political-infrastructural (with 17.28 % of variance), legal (with 13.79 % of variance), financial- cost (with 12.35 % of variance), skill- educational (with 10.78 % of variance), technical- geographical (with 8.35 % variance) and communicative- informing (with 5.14 % of variance) explained 67.69% of total variances of barriers on development of the enterprises in Zanjan province.

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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research
Volume 47, Issue 1
April 2016
Pages 67-79

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