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Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era

Author : Lokuge, Sachithra
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799857654
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era by : Lokuge, Sachithra

Download or read book Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era written by Lokuge, Sachithra and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though entrepreneurship has been studied for decades, in recent years, the study of “rural entrepreneurship” has emerged as an upcoming subtopic of the area. With the growth and continual ease of utilizing digital technologies to support entrepreneurial activities, these technologies now provide unique opportunities for advancing rural entrepreneurship. Though prior research focused on challenges for IT use in rural areas that specifically investigated investment and management issues, it is important to study all challenges and opportunities involved in this developing area of research. Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the utilization of digital technologies in rural business ventures. Unlike other references, this book studies the conceptualization process of rural entrepreneurship and innovation with the intention of providing guidelines and support for entrepreneurs. While highlighting topics such as microfinancing, risk management, and rural development, this publication explores innovative practices as well as the methods of IT investment and management. This book is ideally designed for business professionals, entrepreneurs, business researchers, academics, and business students.

Australian Rural Entrepreneurs

Author : Kerry Anderson
Publisher : Wakefield Press
ISBN 13 : 9781743058145
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (581 download)

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Book Synopsis Australian Rural Entrepreneurs by : Kerry Anderson

Download or read book Australian Rural Entrepreneurs written by Kerry Anderson and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrepreneurs are visionary, courageous, and passionate. They are determined and innovative while finding solutions to problems and creating new enterprise. In Australian Rural Entrepreneurs, Kerry Anderson sh

Building Rural Community Resilience Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Author : Charlie French
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781003178552
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (785 download)

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Book Synopsis Building Rural Community Resilience Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship by : Charlie French

Download or read book Building Rural Community Resilience Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship written by Charlie French and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing from empirical analyses, case studies, and a synthesis of best practices, this book explores how innovation manifests itself in rural places and how it contributes to entrepreneurial development and resilience. Innovation in rural places may come about as a result of new forms of collaboration; policies that leverage rural assets and address critical service or product gaps, novel strategies for accessing financial capital; infusion of arts into aspects of community life; and cultivation of networks that bridge entrepreneurs, organizations, and institutions. The chapters illustrate how a number of innovation-related characteristics relate to economic vibrancy in rural places, such as a strong connection to the arts, adaptive and sustainable use of natural resources, value-chain integrated food systems, robust bridging social capital networks, creative leveraging of technology, and presence of innovation-focused entrepreneurs. Through exploration of these and other topics, this book will provide insights and best practices for rural community and economic development scholars and practitioners seeking to strengthen the rural innovation ecosystem"--

A Guide to Rural Business

Author : Jonathan Reuvid
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780749440770
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Rural Business written by Jonathan Reuvid and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UK rural economy is worth billions of pounds and rural businesses are rapidly changing and diversifying. This is a guide to best business practice in a rural context which provides a clear analysis of opportunities for diversification.

The Rural Enterprise Economy

Author : Birgit Leick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000465853
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis The Rural Enterprise Economy by : Birgit Leick

Download or read book The Rural Enterprise Economy written by Birgit Leick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enterprises located in rural regions face various challenges in the globalised and digitised world. This book offers comprehensive answers to the question of what makes up the rural enterprise economy in the contemporary business world. It addresses the competitiveness and viability, strategic management and strategic change, and marketing issues for both incumbent and start-up companies in rural regions. The book presents new concepts that shed light on the rural enterprise economy with its entrepreneurs. With a broad range of cases from European regions, the book provides theoretical insights for scholars, practical case-based evidence for lecturers and teachers, and practical knowledge for business practitioners and planning specialists. Academic experts from European universities and research institutes provide compelling answers to this under-researched topic in business studies and economics.

Community-based Rural Tourism and Entrepreneurship

Author : Yasuo Ohe
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811503834
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Book Synopsis Community-based Rural Tourism and Entrepreneurship by : Yasuo Ohe

Download or read book Community-based Rural Tourism and Entrepreneurship written by Yasuo Ohe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To meet the rising demand for scientific evidence in the context of rural tourism research, this book explores tourism and tourism-related diversification activities performed by farming households and entrepreneurs in rural communities. To do so it adopts a consistent conceptual and empirical microeconomic approach and employs econometric methodology. Community-based rural tourism (CBRT) is attracting increasing interest in both developed and developing countries, since tourism is considered an effective way to promote rural development in all parts of the globe. Further, because information and communication technologies are developing rapidly, new types of communities are now formed more easily than ever. As such, this book covers not only traditional, closed agrarian communities, but also emerging communities formed by local nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and national networks of farmers who provide educational tourism for consumers. These emerging communities are beyond the range of traditional agrarian communities and complement each other, which helps overcome obstacles to rural tourism for farm operators and urban residents. Those communities also nurture the rural entrepreneurship that eventually will create a sustainable urban–rural relationship. This study—the first of its kind—contributes to the advancement of research on rural tourism from a microeconomic perspective. It presents a conceptual framework for understanding rural tourism from a microeconomic perspective; empirically clarifies the specific issues and constraints for the development of CBRT; and also investigates how to overcome these issues.

Business Skills Training for Rural Sanitation Entrepreneurs: Trainer’s Guide

Author : Joshua Kibet
Publisher : IWA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789061725
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Business Skills Training for Rural Sanitation Entrepreneurs: Trainer’s Guide by : Joshua Kibet

Download or read book Business Skills Training for Rural Sanitation Entrepreneurs: Trainer’s Guide written by Joshua Kibet and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comes out at a very opportune time when the sector is struggling with sanitation marketing that is considered an organic next step for rural communities that have been declared open defecation free. Besides, this publication comes in to address the gaps that face the peri-urban spaces that are facing population explosion and require innovative ways of dealing with mostly non-sewered sanitation services. This guide/manual was developed as part of a training package to support business development skills training for local sanitation entrepreneurs in Kenya. Financial and technical support was provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Kenya integrated water and sanitation (KIWASH) project. KIWASH was a five year (2015-2020) project implemented by the Development Alternatives Incorporation (DAI) across nine counties. One of the key goals of KIWASH was to help trigger and activate demand for low cost affordable sanitation technologies in rural and low income communities. The overall objective of this manual is to equip sanitation specialists and public resource persons with the basic concepts and tools, to facilitate entrepreneurship and financial literacy training for start-up sanitation entrepreneurs in rural communities. Specifically, this manual is designed to help participants: 1) Learn the basic concepts of entrepreneurship and characteristics of successful entrepreneurs; 2) Learn and practice essential marketing techniques for sanitation products and services; 3) Develop money management competencies necessary to succeed as a small-scale entrepreneur; 4) Build necessary leadership and management skills to grow successful sanitation enterprises. Overall, the guide/manual is useful in guiding implementation of sanitation marketing projects, and provides concise content for nurturing and building the capacity of local sanitation enterprises/entrepreneurs. Improved business performance by these businesses means timely response to demand from households. This book is a toolkit which incorporates a Training Guide/Manual as well as a Workbook for entrepreneurs.

"Thanks for the Business"

Author : Donald Savoie
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing (CN)
ISBN 13 : 9781771088909
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book "Thanks for the Business" written by Donald Savoie and published by Nimbus Publishing (CN). This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are entrepreneurs born or are they made? "Thanks for the Business" seeks to address this age-old question through the compelling stories of Maritime business tycoons Arthur Irving and K. C. Irving, and the story of Irving Oil. As one keen observer wrote of the Irvings: "You can love them or hate them, but you have to respect them." Through countless interviews and extensive research, award-winning author Donald J. Savoie (Looking for Bootstraps) details a business success born in Bouctouche and grown from Saint John, New Brunswick, and which now operates Canada's largest refinery, along with more than nine hundred gas stations spanning Eastern Canada and New England. The company also has offices in Amsterdam and London, England, and operates Ireland's only refinery. As K. C. Irving said, business is never given--it has to be earned, one customer at a time. "Thanks for the Business" traces the Irving family back to its roots in Scotland, covers the establishment and early years of the company, and looks at how Irving Oil is confronting current challenges. This comprehensive biography holds important lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs, for business schools, for public policy, and particularly for Atlantic Canada.

Handbook of Research on Agricultural Policy, Rural Development, and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Economies

Author : Jean Vasile, Andrei
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522598391
Total Pages : 573 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Agricultural Policy, Rural Development, and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Economies by : Jean Vasile, Andrei

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Agricultural Policy, Rural Development, and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Economies written by Jean Vasile, Andrei and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoting rural entrepreneurship is a necessary step to limit the negative effects of classical agricultural policy based on a linear process and attracting secondary resources to the economic process. The analysis of agricultural policy and rural development in conjunction to entrepreneurship in terms of production may represent a further step in understanding the role and importance of diversifying the rural potentials in contemporary economies. The Handbook of Research on Agricultural Policy, Rural Development, and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Economies is an essential publication of academic research that examines agricultural policy and its impact on shaping future resilient economy in rural areas and identifies green business models and new business patterns in rural communities. Covering a range of topics such as entrepreneurship, product management, and marketing, this book is ideal for researchers, policymakers, academicians, economists, agriculture professionals, rural developers, business investors, and students.

Role of Regional Development Agencies in Entrepreneurial and Rural Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Author : Vemi?, Milan B.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799826430
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis Role of Regional Development Agencies in Entrepreneurial and Rural Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities by : Vemi?, Milan B.

Download or read book Role of Regional Development Agencies in Entrepreneurial and Rural Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities written by Vemi?, Milan B. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investors are instrumental in the development of new businesses and can be a key component of future success. However, for business ventures outside the general urban environment, communicating with potential sponsors may be difficult. Role of Regional Development Agencies in Entrepreneurial and Rural Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities explores the theoretical and practical aspects of regional economic development and applications within entrepreneurship and provides guidance on how to establish the agencies and implement sustainable development. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as leadership management, organization culture, and socio-economic systems, this book is ideally designed for entrepreneurs, developers, small and medium enterprises, business associations, bankers, financial organizations, researchers, business professionals, academicians, and students.

The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development

Author : Gry Agnete Alsos
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857933248
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Book Synopsis The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development by : Gry Agnete Alsos

Download or read book The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development written by Gry Agnete Alsos and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The agriculture sector around the world has experienced profound changes in recent years. This unique and path-breaking Handbook draws together the best current research in the area of entrepreneurship in agriculture, food production and rural development. Agriculture policy reforms have impacted farm incomes, while demand side changes have required the development of sophisticated market driven strategies. Farmers have demonstrated uneven abilities to adapt and adjust to these ongoing changes. The ability and propensity of farmers to engage in entrepreneurial behaviors is a key explanation of the different patterns of responses within the sector. This book examines these issues through three main themes. The first theme focuses on the firm and the individual entrepreneurs, exploring entrepreneurship within the farm sector. The second takes a sector and industry perspective, exploring new developments in food production and distribution systems. The third theme explores the inter-relationship between agricultural entrepreneurship and its spatial context. Contributions are drawn from international research settings (Scandinavia, Europe, Asia, North America, Australasia) and offer an interdisciplinary approach to the subject. This astute Handbook, which will challenge and enrich the current literature, will appeal to academics in entrepreneurship, small business studies, agriculture, rural studies, rural sociology and agricultural economics, as well as food industry economists, policymakers and all those interested in supporting agricultural and rural businesses.

Social Franchising

Author : I. Alon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137455845
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Social Franchising written by I. Alon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social franchising represents a third generation form of franchising development, after trade-name and business-format franchising. At the intersection of social enterprise and micro finance literatures, this book reviews a variety of social franchising formats across a number of developing countries.

A Chinese Economic Revolution

Author : Linda Grove
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0742573265
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book A Chinese Economic Revolution written by Linda Grove and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2006-10-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful and meticulously researched study explores the role of rural industry and entrepreneurship in the Chinese economic miracle. Linda Grove considers especially the development of the Gaoyang industrial district, China's best-known rural industrial district of the pre–World War II period. By focusing on one weaving district in North China, she is able to explore in detail the ways in which small industrial firms have accumulated capital, organized their firms, developed nationwide marketing networks, and promoted brands over the last century. Cutting across the conventional divide between studies of "history" and "contemporary economy" and between pre- and post-1949 China, the author persuasively shows the links between traditional Chinese business practices and contemporary entrepreneurial success. The first book in English to explore the world of small-scale business firms in China, it introduces the activities of individual entrepreneurs and firms and examines the structure of industrial organization that has supported the rapid growth of individual firms. Based on several decades of archival research, surveys, and fieldwork, A Chinese Economic Revolution provides an in-depth exploration of Chinese rural industry. Framed by the author's extensive familiarity with rural industrial development in Japan, India, and Europe, the book also offers important comparative perspectives for those interested in global economic history, postsocialist economic performance, and economic development strategies.

Building a Sustainable Business

Author :
Publisher : Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Building a Sustainable Business written by and published by Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture. This book was released on 2003 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brings the business planning process alive to help today's agriculture entrepreneurs transform farm-grown inspiration into profitable enterprises. Sample worksheets illustrate how real farm families set goals, research processing alternatives, determine potential markets, and evaluate financing options. Blank worksheets offer readers the opportunity to develop their own detailed, lender-ready business plan and map out strategies" --back cover.

Building Community Capacity for Tourism Development

Author : G. Moscardo
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845934482
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Building Community Capacity for Tourism Development written by G. Moscardo and published by CABI. This book was released on 2008 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lack of entrepreneurial capacity, limited understanding of tourism markets and a lack of community understanding of tourism and its impacts have been identified as barriers to effective tourism development in peripheral regions. This book provides an analysis of this issue within tourism development practice.

Cardboard Confessionals

Author : Mitch Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692997239
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Cardboard Confessionals written by Mitch Reed and published by . This book was released on with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Listen. Understand. Support. Conversation is a constant in our lives, but we often don't have enough meaningful conversations, even among the people with whom we interact every day. Listening leads to understanding. Understanding leads to the capability to support. Join the exceptional conversationalist Mitch Reed in an effort to understand and support his students by exploring the variety of experiences and backgrounds connfessed through a cardboard box." -- p. [4] of cover

Beyond Collisions

Author : Maria Meyers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692999899
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Collisions written by Maria Meyers and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In communities across America, people are trying to support entrepreneurs. They know entrepreneurs add jobs, character and vitality to a community's economy. Beyond Collisions gets behind the meetups, the accelerators and the hackathons to provide a guide for how to support entrepreneurs - how to build the entrepreneurial infrastructure.Entrepreneurship is poised to take its place alongside attraction and retention as a key economic development strategy. In traditional economic development, there is a defined process for the attraction and retention of companies. With entrepreneurship, there's been no infrastructure, no roadmap. In most communities, efforts to support entrepreneurs are fragmented. Beyond Collisions provides a clear, proven path to building the entrepreneurial infrastructure that can enable people to start and grow thriving companies. It's not one program, no silver bullet. It's a process, a strategy to identify, connect and empower entrepreneurial support resources, and then measure the results.Maria Meyers, Kate Pope Hodel and the SourceLink team have been working in Kansas City and across the country for 15 years, listening, learning and leading. They join with others, the entrepreneurs of entrepreneurship, to share hard-earned lessons about how to build the kind of inclusive, supportive network that encourages entrepreneurship.Beyond Collisions explores key questions. Section One addresses why should a community support entrepreneurship, what an entrepreneurial infrastructure looks like and who benefits. Section Two provides practical, tactical steps to identify, connect, empower and measure the entrepreneurial infrastructure. Section Three outlines strategies around marketing, funding and leadership.Sprinkled throughout are stories from the field, firsthand accounts of building networks, encouraging entrepreneurs and analyzing outcomes.