Prioritizing the Factors Affecting Entrepreneurship Growth in Rural Areas (Case Study: The Former Border Region of Sarbaz City)

Entrepreneurship is a new strategy in development theories for empowerment and capacity building in order to achieve sustainable development, which can pave the way for the diversification of the income of the villagers and the development of rural areas. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize the factors affecting entrepreneurship growth in the former border regions of Sarbaz city. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the data were collected using the library-field studies. The SPSS23 software was used to analyze the data. The statistical population of the study consisted of 2,456 rural households of the former border region of Sarbaz city based on the census of 2016. Using the Morgan Table, 331 people were selected as the sample for completing the questionnaire. The results of the research show that among the four identified factors, the most effective factor in the growth of entrepreneurship in the study area belongs to the socio-cultural and infrastructural factor, with an average of 4.96 and 3.97, respectively. The following factors for influencing the growth of entrepreneurship in rural areas are as follows: individual factors with an average of 3.94 and an economic factor with an average of 3.42; therefore, socio-cultural and infrastructural factors play the most important role in the growth of entrepreneurship in the regions. It is necessary to pay particular attention to the development of entrepreneurship infrastructure and the creation of credit funds for entrepreneurship in the rural areas of the border in order to create the appropriate context for the growth of entrepreneurship in these areas.