The effect of cultural entrepreneurship on the improvement of resistive economy (Case study: Special Economic Zone of Imam Khomeini Port)

Objective: Resistive economy is an economic system formed in coordination with the major political and security policies of the Islamic regime and in order to resist destructive measures. Resistive economy is aimed at resisting various economic sanctions and conspiracies of the Estekbar regime to continue its development and progress. Cultural entrepreneurship is one of the patterns capable of contributing to this type of economy. Methodology: The present study was carried out using the descriptive-survey methodology. Results: The statistical population consisted of all employers in the management circle of the Emam Khomeyni special economic zone including 108 people. 86 people were estimated using Morgan table and the questionnaires were distributed using the simple random sampling method. Conclusion: The research findings revealed that the individual components of cultural entrepreneurship, financial and non-financial support for cultural entrepreneurs, creating cultural entrepreneurship capacity in the society as well as governmental politics and trends by generating capacity for cultural entrepreneurship would influence the economic development of the enforcement of resistive economy.