Development of Local Economy through the Strengthening of Small-Medium-Sized Forest Enterprises in KPK, Pakistan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Framework and Development of Hypothesis
2.1. Government Support and Local Economic Development
2.2. Entrepreneur Knowledge and Local Economic Development
2.3. Mediating Role of SMFE Development between GS and LED
2.4. The Mediating Role of SMFEs Development between EK and LED
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Data Collection and Selected Population
3.2. Measures
3.2.1. Government Support (GS)
3.2.2. Entrepreneurship Knowledge (EK)
3.2.3. SMFEs Development (SD)
3.2.4. Local Economic Development (LED)
3.2.5. Control Variable
3.3. Confirmatory Factor Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Analysis Techniques and Validity of the Construct
4.2. Model Fit
4.3. Direct Relationship
4.4. Indirect Relationship
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | CR | AVE | M | SD | LED | GS | EK | SD |
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LED | 0.95 | 0.67 | 2.5 | 0.89 | (0.82) | |||
GS | 0.95 | 0.63 | 2.4 | 0.70 | 0.14 ** | (0.79) | ||
EK | 0.95 | 0.67 | 3.7 | 0.90 | 0.13 * | −0.02 | (0.82) | |
SD | 0.94 | 0.65 | 3.3 | 1.03 | 0.17 ** | 0.13 * | 0.14 ** | (0.80) |
Path | Coefficient | SE | t-Value |
---|---|---|---|
Control | |||
Local economic development ← Gender | −0.02 | 0.15 | −0.03 |
SMFE development ← Gender | 0.01 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
Local economic development ← Experience | −0.14 | 0.14 | 1.62 |
SMFE development ← Experience | 0.08 | 0.16 | 2.21 |
Local economic development ← Education | 0.12 * | 0.08 | 1.03 |
SMFE development ← Education | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.36 |
Main effects | |||
Local economic development ← Govt Support | 0.14 * | 0.08 | 2.54 |
Local economic development ← Entrepr Kn | 0.16 ** | 0.06 | 2.82 |
SMFE development ← Govt Support | 0.14 * | 0.07 | 2.47 |
SMFE development ← Entrepr Know | 0.13 * | 0.05 | 2.34 |
Local economic development ← SMFE Development | 0.13 * | 0.04 | 2.24 |
Variable | Standardized Indirect Effects (β) | SE | 95% Biased-Corrected Confidence Interval | R2 | |
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Lower Bounds | Upper Bounds | ||||
GS → SD → ED | 0.029 * | 0.014 | 0.007 | 0.069 | 0.019 |
EK → SD →LED | 0.024 * | 0.012 | 0.006 | 0.057 | 0.019 |
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Zada, M.; Zada, S.; Ali, M.; Zhang, Y.; Begum, A.; Han, H.; Ariza-Montes, A.; Vega-Muñoz, A. Development of Local Economy through the Strengthening of Small-Medium-Sized Forest Enterprises in KPK, Pakistan. Sustainability 2021, 13, 10502. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910502
Zada M, Zada S, Ali M, Zhang Y, Begum A, Han H, Ariza-Montes A, Vega-Muñoz A. Development of Local Economy through the Strengthening of Small-Medium-Sized Forest Enterprises in KPK, Pakistan. Sustainability. 2021; 13(19):10502. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910502
Chicago/Turabian StyleZada, Muhammad, Shagufta Zada, Mudassar Ali, Yongjun Zhang, Abida Begum, Heesup Han, Antonio Ariza-Montes, and Alejandro Vega-Muñoz. 2021. "Development of Local Economy through the Strengthening of Small-Medium-Sized Forest Enterprises in KPK, Pakistan" Sustainability 13, no. 19: 10502. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910502