Rural Entrepreneurship : Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds / edited by Gary Bosworth [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bosworth, Gary, editor.

Series:

Contemporary issues in entrepreneurship research.

Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leeds, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2025]

Summary:

Rural Entrepreneurship: Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds examines what we have learnt about different aspects of rural entrepreneurship and what still needs to be understood.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Foreword

Chapter 1: Rural Entrepreneurship: Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds

Introduction

Structure

Conclusion

References

Chapter 2: What Can Participant Observations Tell Us About Rural Entrepreneurship?

Introduction: Rural Entrepreneurship and Participant Observations

Review: What Can Participant Observations Tell Us About Rural Entrepreneurship?

Giazitzoglu and Down (2017). Performing Entrepreneurial Masculinity

Giazitzoglu (2018). Experiencing Upward Mobility: The Case of Self-employed Business Men

Mackenzie (2013). Places of Possibility. Property, Nature and Community Land Ownership

Moreau, R.E. (1968). The Departed Village

Heley, J. (2010). The New Squirearchy and Emergent Cultures of the New Middle Classes in Rural Areas

Bell, M. (1994). Childerley. Nature and Morality in a Country Village

Hillyard, S. (2020). Broadlands and the New Rurality

Discussion and Conclusion

Chapter 3: Entrepreneurial Universities and Their Engagement with Rural Enterprise

Entrepreneurial/Engaged Universities and Rural Economies

The Case of the NICRE

Research

Innovation

Knowledge Exchange

Operationalising Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities in Rural Areas: Lessons from NICRE

Acknowledgements

Chapter 4: Land and the Community

Theory and Context: Rural Community Entrepreneurship

Monopoly Powers and Land: Ownership, Use and Management. Reflecting on the Present Incarnation of Rural Entrepreneurship Theory

Impacts of Community Ownership of Concentrated Large Estates.

Discussion and Conclusion: Looking Forward to the Potential Challenges to Our Understanding for the Next 20 Years

Notes

Chapter 5: Understanding and Supporting Farm Development Strategies

Looking Back on the Rural Entrepreneurship Literature

The Significance of Rural Entrepreneurship

Conceptualising the Entrepreneurial Farmer

The Entrepreneurial Farming Unit

Farm Business Strategies, Skillsets and Policy Support

Looking Forward: Responding to Future Crisis

Technology and Innovation

Increasing Environmentalism

Conclusion and Opportunities for Further Scholarly Research

Chapter 6: An Alternative Explanation of the Rural-Urban Productivity Gap

Productivity as Typically Understood

GVA in 2D

Local Forces in a 2D Productivity Model

Territories

What Determines Productivity in Rural and Urban Areas?

Producer Issues

Consumer Issues

The IsoGVA Curve

Chapter 7: Rural Entrepreneurship and Location: Does Rurality Matter for Small Firms?

Previous Evidence from the 2017 REC Paper

A Theoretical Framework

Literature Review

Contemporary Changes and Trends in the Rural Economy

Summary

Resource-based Theoretical Framework

Discussion

Rural Entrepreneurship and the Increased Frequency of Global Crises

Conclusions and Issues for Future Research

Chapter 8: Social Enterprise for Rural Health and Wellbeing

Rural Health and Wellbeing-related Service Provision

Rural Communities Delivering Their Own Health and Wellbeing-related Services

Rural Social Enterprise

Rural Social Enterprise, Health and Wellbeing: Where are We Now?

Rural Social Enterprise and the Co-production of Health and Wellbeing Services to Older People.

Rural Social Enterprise as a Space of Wellbeing

Rural Social Enterprise as a Deliverer of Health and Social Care

Rural Social Enterprises Impact on Social Isolation and Loneliness

What Next for Rural Social Enterprises Delivering Health and Wellbeing Services?

Moving On: Health and Wellbeing Policy and Practice for Rural Social Enterprise

Chapter 9: Food and Rural Entrepreneurship

Rural Entrepreneurship: Key Literature

Changing Context of Food Entrepreneurship

Methods

Findings

Future Challenges and Directions

Conclusions

Chapter 10: Rural Entrepreneurship and International Development

International Development Geographies

Methodology

Lower-Income Group

Lower Middle-Income Group

Upper Middle-Income Group

High-Income Group

Note

Chapter 11: The Role of Rural Entrepreneurship in the Redevelopment of Rural Areas Previously Involved in Resource Extraction

Sustainable Resource Extraction and Site Restoration

The Role of Rural Entrepreneurship in the Redevelopment of Resource Extraction Areas

The Greek Experience of Resource Extraction Relating to Rural Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Development Plans for Lignite Areas

Identifying Stakeholders' Views and Experiences in the Energy Transition Project on the Role of Rural Entrepreneurship in Lignite Areas

Policy Recommendations

Chapter 12: Digital Rural Entrepreneurship: Two Decades of Research into the Interaction Between Entrepreneurs and Policy

From Digital Divides to Digital Inequalities

Policy Waves: Placing Rural Entrepreneurship in the Debate

First Wave: The Urban-Rural Digital Divide.

Second Wave: Policy Support to Correct Market Failure

Case Study 1: Entrepreneurial Public Sector Initiative

Third Wave: Community Broadband Initiatives

Case Study 2: Entrepreneurial Community Initiative

Case Study 3: Digitalised Crofters in the Scottish Highlands11

Fourth Wave: The Rise of Digitally Enabled Co-working Hubs

Case Study 4: Co-working Space in Inverness Serving the Rural Hinterland

Conclusion: Towards a Fifth Wave?

Chapter 13: Clustering Policy and Its Effects on Rural Entrepreneurship Over 20 Years

The History of Clustering

Theoretical Concerns of Clustering for Rural Development

Rural Micro-clusters

Chapter 14: Creating and Extracting Illicit Value from the Rural Environment: An Ethnographic Study of Two Organised Criminal Businesses

Introducing the Context

Theoretical Underpinnings to the Study

Methodological Considerations Associated with Ethnographic Writings

Storying the Organised Nature of the Rural Crime in Clairemontshire

Case Story 1: The Vine Family Story

Case Story 2: The Bailey Family Business and Farmers Market

On ROCGs and OCB

Drawing Tentative Conclusions

Chapter 15: Rural Entrepreneurship and the Formalisation of Rural Tourism in Marginal Destinations: Challenges and Perspectives

Literature Review and Historical Context

Formalisation Strategies and Challenges

Case Studies and Real-life Examples

The Impact of Experience Economy and Non-passive Visitors

The Role of Digital Marketing and Online Platforms

Envisioning the Future of Rural Entrepreneurship

Chapter 16: Does Gender Matter?

Farm and Rural Entrepreneurs

Women's Businesses/Enterprises: What Do They Look Like?.

Motherhood, Childcare and Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs and Fear of Failure

Education and Innovation

This Study and the Methodology

Women's Businesses/Enterprises: What Do They Look Like?

Motherhood, Childcare and Innovation

Women Entrepreneurs and Fear of Failure

Future Focus

Chapter 17: Rural Regeneration Through Arts and Culture: Shifting Perspectives on Gaelic and Enterprise Contexts

A Very Regional Place: Scotland's Highlands and Islands

Rural Enterprise and Regeneration: A 'Remote' European Perspective?

Rural Entrepreneurship and Cultural Assets: A Gàidhealtachd Context

Understanding Regeneration in and of This Place?

The Case for Gaelic Enterprise: The Galson Estate

Local Communities, Legacy Success and Policy Models for Future Focus?

Arts and Cultural Wealth: Reflecting on Scotland's Rural Entrepreneurship Futures

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781837535767

1837535760

OCLC:

1498888824