Identifying and Prioritizing Effective Factors on Cooperatives Businesses Failure in Industrial Estate of Ilam Township

The main goal of current study was identifying and prioritizing effective factors on cooperatives businesses failure in Industrial Estate of Ilam Township. This research in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of controlling variables was nonexperimental. Statistical population in this research included all managers of cooperative businesses and experts of cooperation in Ilam Township that by using purposeful sampling method 28 people of them were selected as the sample. Instrument of data gathering was structured interview using Tomas-L Saati nine order professional questionnaires. The validity of the questionnaire was gained by expert opinions of university professors and specialists. The reliability of questionnaire was gained by considering incompatibility of decision matrices due to judgment of each respondent. The SPSS23 and Expert Choice Software 11 and AHP methods were used for analyzing data. Results showed that the most important effective factors on cooperatives businesses failure in industrial estate of Ilam Township were respectively as: cultural, individual, economical, managerial skills and legal-political. Among these factors, the most important factor was cultural and the least important factor was legal-political.