Drivers, Obstacles and consequences of digital entrepreneurship in Iran's road freight transportation industry

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify the drivers, obstacles and consequences of digital entrepreneurship in Iran's road freight transportation industry. The statistical society of this research in the qualitative part was made up of 20 experts in this field who were selected using non-random sampling method. In the quantitative part, using Cochran's formula and cluster sampling method, 170 employees of this industry were selected as samples. In order to collect data, a semi-structured interview was used in the qualitative part and a researcher-made questionnaire was used in the quantitative part, whose validity and reliability were checked and confirmed. In the data analysis, systematic literature review and coding and Maxqda software were used in the qualitative part, and inferential statistics and SPSS and Lisrel software were used in the quantitative part. Finally, 9 indicators in 4 driver factors, 11 indicators in 3 obstacle factors and 55 indicators in 8 consequence categories were extracted and prioritized using factor analysis. The result of this research shows that the political component is a priority as a driver and political obstacles are a priority as an obstacle. Therefore, the role of the government in this field is very important .