Determine the Causal Relationships of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Dimensions in order to Industrial Development by Using ISM

Subject Areas : Futurology

abdolhossein shokri ¹ , Houshang Taghizadeh ² , Majid Bagherzadehkhajeh ³

1 - Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2021-07-26 Accepted : 2021-10-27 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: Industrial development, Entrepreneurship ecosystem, Causal Relationships, ISM,

Abstract :

Today, policy makers have started to study the required competency of a system which supports entrepreneurship with high growth. An emerging approach has focused on entrepreneurship ecosystems. Accordingly, the current research aims to determine the causal relationships of the entrepreneurship ecosystem dimensions in order industrial development by using ISM. The research method is descriptive and the sample was gathered by targeted sampling method. Furthermore, 143 ones and 15 experts were selected for confirmed section and Structural-Interpretative Modeling (ISM) section respectively. A questionnaire was used to collect data. Its validity and reliability was confirmed; then it was distributed among the members of the statistical sample. In order to analyze the data, confirmatory factor analysis and Structural-Interpretive Modeling was applied. The results show that accessible markets such as the domestic market and the international market are placed in the first level; moreover, the foundations and basis of entrepreneurship ecosystems such as budget and finance, universities as catalysts, intellectual capital and labor, education and cultural support should be enhanced for gaining access to these markets.