Identifying barriers to the development of rural businesses with the approach of residents' sustainability (case of study: border villages of Ilam province)

Methodology

This study is quantitatively, and its purpose is practical, in terms of data collection is descriptive - survey. For data analysis software was then used SPSS as the original software, and the software LISERL as a helper application for factor analysis (exploratory) were used. The statistical population of this research includes Professors related to the fields of economics, management, political geography and border security are the universities of Ilam province, economic activists and border cooperatives of Mehran and Dehloran cities, and executive managers of Ilam province.

Results

In this study, 25 obstacles were identified regarding the underdevelopment of production cooperatives at the borders. which after using factor analysis, the Kaiser criterion was used to determine the number of factors. Based on this criterion, 4 factors(Individual, social and cultural factors, administrative and supportive factors, financial and economic factors, security and political factors) with a specific value of more than 1 were identified and identified as extractable factors. According to the statistical indicators using the main factor analysis method, these 4 factors could explain a total of %92.672 of the total variance of the variables.

Conclusion

The results showed that Individual, social and cultural factors with a total factor load of 6.055, administrative and supportive factors with a total factor load of 4.711, financial and economic factors with a total factor load of 2.928 and security and political factors with a total factor load of 1.407, Respectively, the most important obstacles are the development of production cooperatives at the borders.