Evaluation of Barriers to the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (A Case of Hamidiyeh)

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Zahra Soltani ¹ , Majid Goodarzi ² , leila Abrahimi ³

1 - Assistant Professor of Geography and Rural Planning, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
2 - Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
3 - Master Student of Rural Geography, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Received: 2023-08-25 Accepted : 2024-11-25 Published : 2024-12-04

Keywords: small and medium enterprises, tourism, agricultural products, regional development, Hamidiyeh ,

Abstract :

 

The present study aimed to investigate and analyze the regional capacity of SME development, especially regarding indicators such as the increase in producing agricultural products; the capacity of tourism and handicrafts; and the geographical, cultural and linguistic affinity of Hamidiyeh with Iraq in SME development in Hamidiyeh. The present applied study employed a descriptive-analytical research method. The statistical population consisted of all small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Hamidieh, 180 enterprises. Due to the limited statistical population, all communities were selected as a sample via a purposive sampling technique. A one-sample t-test, regression, and path analysis were employed to analyze the data. The results showed that among the independent variables, the increase in the production of agricultural products with a correlation coefficient of r = 0.609; handicrafts with a correlation coefficient of r = 0.447; tourism capacities with a correlation coefficient of r = 0.832; and geographical, cultural, and linguistic affinity with Iraq with a correlation coefficient of r = 0.450 had a significant correlation with the dependent variable of the SMEs development in Hamidiyeh. The research dependent variable was the SMEs development in Hamidiyeh, which had a range of 12 to 30, a mean of 19.67, a variance of 25.25, and a standard deviation of 5.01. As the findings illustrated, the SMEs development is lower than average from the participants’ viewpoints.

 

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