Introduction: Toady's, institutional cohesion and institutions ability are very important for enterprises. On the basis of institutional theory, external environment of enterprise includes the wide range of cognitive, norms, and rules dimensions. Institutional theory was identified as the social effect which influences the enterprises. In fact, institutional environment defines, creates or limits entrepreneurial opportunities, thus it affects the entrepreneurship scope. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of institutional dimensions on the sport entrepreneurship development.
Methodology: The research method was descriptive analytical one that we used quantitative approach. Statistical sample was including sport entrepreneurs, sport management and entrepreneurship professors, and other specialist in sport entrepreneurship sector. The research instrument was research method questionnaire. After confirmation of face and content validity, reliability of each dimensions was verified by cronbach's alpha. Also, construct validity was studied. For testing the conceptual model, structural equation modeling (SEM) by Smart- PLS v3 was used.
Results: The results showed that only learning dimension from institutional factor with path coefficient of 0.65 and R2=-0.41 affect sport entrepreneurship. In fact, institutional learning has a positive effect on sport entrepreneurship development. Therefore, consideration to learning for institutionalization of entrepreneurship can help sport entrepreneurship development.
Conclusion: The results were not matched to Sallome et al. (2012), Roxas and Coetzer (2012). It seems institutional dimensions like values of society, rules and cognitive cannot influence sport entrepreneurship development. Probably, inconsistency is because of legal vacuum, the lack of legal protection for expected enterprises, materialist values of society, inefficiency of cognitive factors.