Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 PhD student of Political Sociology at Tarbiat Modares University and researcher at Islamic Council Research Center
2 Assistant Professor in Sociology at Allameh Tabatabaie University
Abstract
The purpose of study was to identify the lived experience of private sector entrepreneurs in order to approach deep knowledge of their sources of freedom and unfreedom and utilizing the fundamental opportunities and abilities in the process of realizing entrepreneurship capability, in a form of a qualitative research. To this end, we are answering the question: what kind of freedom and social opportunities do entrepreneurs enjoy in our society in the path of transforming their potential entrepreneurship into entrepreneurship and business, and what are these freedoms and opportunities. The methodology of the research would be based on content analysis and semi-structured interviews with active entrepreneurs in small and medium-sized enterprises in Tehran, whose process of establishing and expanding their entrepreneurial activity in the last two decades. Finally, our findings through the exploration of the opportunities and refusals of these individuals in the three stages of creating ideas and the desire for entrepreneurship, starting and creating a business, and ultimately business continuity and expansion, illustrate the impact of five sources. The core of the family, educational institution, social norms and beliefs, government and market, and the personality components of the entrepreneur were the key drivers of their freedom and freedom to advance these individuals, from the stage of idea creation to the expansion of their business which are reported in the form of 15 basic themes.
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