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Rural entrepreneurship or entrepreneurship in the rural – between place and space
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Korsgaard, Steffen Mueller, Sabine Tanvig, Hanne Wittorff |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how rural entrepreneurship engages with place and space. It explores the concept of “rural” as a socio-spatial concept in rural entrepreneurship and illustrates the importance of distinguishing between ideal types of rural entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses concepts from human geography to develop two ideal types of entrepreneurship in rural areas. Ideal types constitute powerful heuristics for research and are used here to review and link existing literature on rural entrepreneurship and rural development as well as to develop new research avenues. Findings – Two ideal types are developed: first, entrepreneurship in the rural and second, rural entrepreneurship. The former represents entrepreneurial activities with limited embeddedness enacting a profit-oriented and mobile logic of space. The latter represents entrepreneurial activities that leverage local resources to re-connect place to space. While both types contribute t... |
| Starting Page | 5 |
| Ending Page | 26 |
| Page Count | 22 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1108/IJEBR-11-2013-0205 |
| Volume Number | 21 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://findresearcher.sdu.dk/portal/files/124269152/Rural_Entrepreneurship_or_Entrepreneurship_in_the_Rural_Between_Place_and_Space..pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-11-2013-0205 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
