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The development of a sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem depends on attention and solving its challenges therefore, the general purpose of this research was to analyze the challenges of the sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystem in Kurdistan province. In terms of approach, the present research is mixed (qualitative-quantitative) of sequentialexploratory type, and in terms of purpose, it is part of applied research and has been carried out using descriptive-analytical method. The study population of the qualitative phase and the statistical population of the quantitative phase of the present study include all experts in the field of the subject studied in Kurdistan province, which were 15 people in the qualitative phase of the consecutive purposeful sampling method of the snowball type and in the quantitative phase of the purposeful sampling method. The theoretical type was used; In the qualitative stage, theoretical saturation was achieved by conducting 12 interviews, and the sample size in the quantitative stage was 10 people. In the qualitative phase, the challenges were identified using the qualitative content analysis method, and then in the quantitative phase, they were prioritized using the hierarchical analysis (AHP). To collect data in the qualitative stage, semi-structured interview tools, group discussion, document review and field note-taking were used, and in the quantitative stage, researcher-made questionnaires for paired comparisons were applied. According to the findings of the research, the challenges of the sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystem of Kurdistan province in order of relative weight are: financial and economic capital 0.169, human capital 0.164, infrastructure 0.153, market 0.149, support challenge 0.119, political challenge 0.115, socio-cultural 0.072 and psychological 0.058. Based on the findings, it is necessary to improve and develop the financial systems to provide the necessary and efficient capital, as well as the development of human capital to improve the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Kurdistan province. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
