Identifying and prioritizing the dimensions of entrepreneurship ecosystem development in border provinces of Iran

The development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem is a new strategy in development theories for empowerment and capacity building to achieve sustainable development, which makes it possible to operate and diversify the income of border residents and the development of border areas. Obviously, the first step in implementing entrepreneurship development policies is to recognize the entrepreneurial ecosystem at different national and provincial levels and to identify bottlenecks that erode the country's competitive advantages. The main purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the effective dimensions in the development of entrepreneurial ecosystem in the border provinces of Iran. This research is a qualitative research and research method, case study and how to collect data is a semi-structured in-depth study with experts. The method of analyzing the data obtained from the interviews is coded and the result of this coding is 7 dimensions and 66 components. To assess the validity of the research, a group of experts and the reliability of all stages were documented by several researchers. Finally, the effective dimensions in the development of entrepreneurial ecosystem in border provinces were prioritized using a hierarchical analysis process based on the technique of pairwise comparisons. The results showed that the effective dimensions in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the border provinces of Iran in order of priority are: financial capital, politics, support, social capital, market, culture, human capital. Simultaneous attention to all aspects of the systemic approach leads to balanced and sustainable development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the border provinces.