Abdulaziz  Valinafs, Eisa  Ghazi, Islam  Shardry, Amin  Khudestan, 
    Identifying and Ranking Key Factors in the Success or Failure of
Greenhouse Enterprises in Iranshahr Township,
    International Business Management,
    Volume 10,Issue 6,
    2016,
    Pages 999-1006,
    ISSN 1993-5250,
    ibm.2016.999.1006,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.999.1006)
    Abstract: The main objective of the present study is to investigate factors affecting the success and failure of
greenhouse enterprises in Iranshahr Township. The present study is applied in terms of objective and regarding
the subject matter and in terms of methodological classification, it is a descriptive-analytical research based on
operational data. The population of the study included all individuals owning greenhouse enterprises in
Iranshahr Township whose number was estimated as 86 individuals. To select the sample size, 76 individuals
were selected as participants using Cochran formula and by the simple random sampling. To investigate
research variables, two researcher-made questionnaires were used. The reliability of the first questionnaire
(related to factors affecting the failure of greenhouse enterprises) was 83% and the reliability of the second one
(related to factors affecting the success of greenhouse enterprises) was 87%. The data obtained from these
questionnaire were analyzed at the level of inferential statistics (Chi-square and Friedman tests).
    Keywords: Small and medium-sized enterprises;entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector;greenhouse enterprises;Iranshahr;papulation