Development of a paradigmatic model of entrepreneurship development in the field of renewable energy: Application of futures studies approach

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1 Ph.D. Student of Futures Studies at Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Futures studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Futures studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor, Department of Futures studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

5 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

Abstract

This research was conducted in order to formulate a paradigm model of entrepreneurship development in the field of renewable energies with a futures studies approach. The approach governing the current research was qualitative and the grounded theory method was used. Subsequently, theoretical saturation was achieved through semi-structured interviews with 12 experts. Then, with open, axial and selective coding, the entrepreneurship development model in the field of renewable energies was developed. In this research, two types of data angle and analysis angle were used to increase the validity of research findings. According to the results of the research, the development of entrepreneurship in the field of renewable energy includes a wide range of actions, which were compiled based on the method of causal layered analysis, in four levels, myth-metaphor, worldview-discourse, social systems and litany level. Also, the potentials of the region, the views of the community members as background conditions, as well as political-legal conditions in the field of renewable energy, financial factors, technological factors and technical knowledge also affect the above four layers as intervening conditions. Finally, the most important benefits of entrepreneurship development in the field of renewable energy, ensuring human health and the environment, creating employment and new businesses, social welfare and energy security, and its most important cost, the high initial cost, were shown. In futuristic strategies based on causal layered analysis, the main emphasis is on mental patterns that influence how to understand and respond to the surrounding world.

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Journal of Studies in Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Agricultural Development
Volume 10, Issue 3 - Serial Number 30
September 2023
Pages 95-116

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