An Analytical Study of the Economic, Social, and Psychological Impacts of Micro- enterprises in Some Villages, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate | ||||
| Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Sciences | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 45, Issue 3, September 2019, Page 141-161 PDF (2.01 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jsas.2019.8128.1130 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Mahmoud Abd El-Rahman; Mohamed Shams El-Din; Fahem Sheta 
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| Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr El Sheikh University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The main objectives are to assess the impact of economic, social, and psychological outcomes of micro- enterprises on entrepreneurs in rural Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, to investigate the determinants of the composite index of the total development impacts , and identifying major problems facing the micro-enterprise activities. Fifteen variables are postulated to be the determinants of the total development impact index. A questionnaire form is designed and a proportional stratified random sample is selected to collect the data from 365 entrepreneurs. The findings reveal that, micro enterprises have a positive impact on economic growth, standard of living; a significant impact of social capital such as social prestige, positive values. Besides, the participants hold positive satisfaction toward their communities. About 75,1% of the entrepreneurs fall in the intermediate and high categories of the total development composite variable. The fifteen independent variables combined explain 85.7 % of the total variance in the composite scores. Nine variables make significant contributions to the regression equation. They ranked according to their relative importance using Beta scores as fellow: Animal Ownership, full-time management, Living possession, problems intensity, community satisfaction, Agriculture land holding, satisfaction with enterprise operation, enterprise Investment value, and enterprise spatial size. The most frequently mentioned problems facing micro-enterprises are: Problems of selling products, complexity of obtaining a loan, lack of establishing exhibitions, Lack of training entrepreneur, Product price instability. The study recommends that government should play a vital role by giving entrepreneurs significant training and support, favorable environment which lead to success of entrepreneurship. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| An; analytical; study; of; the Economic; Social; and Psychological; Impacts Of Micro- enterprises | ||||
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