Rural Entrepreneurship: One Key to Rural Revitalization
| Autor: | Christian H. Gladwin, Emerson M. Babb, B. F. Long, Lionel J. Beaulieu, D. J. Zimet, A. Moseley, David Mulkey |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
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| Zdroj: | American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 71:1305-1314 |
| ISSN: | 1467-8276 0002-9092 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/1243127 |
| Popis: | The changing structure of traditional rural industries and the impacts of those changes on rural communities have been sources of concern to many groups interested in the welfare of rural areas. Income and employment declines in agriculture, other natural resourcebased industries, and in manufacturing have left few rural areas and sectors of the rural economy untouched (Henry, Drabenstott, and Gibson; Drabenstott, Henry, and Gibson). Additional employment opportunities are needed to utilize labor and management resources in rural areas. As a result, there is increasing interest in the potential for rural entrepreneurs to start new businesses and generate economic activity. Most new rural businesses are expected to be small, and many may be started by persons employed in farming or other traditional rural occupations on a part-time or full-time basis. Unfortunately, the failure rate of new, small businesses is high. Information about factors contributing to successful entrepreneurship may reduce failures and costs for those who would be entrepreneurs. More needs to be known about the personal traits and behavior patterns associated with successful entrepreneurs, about the influence of community institutions on the success rate of entrepreneurs, about the types of business that are sustainable in rural areas, and about the potential of entrepreneurs to make rural communities viable. |
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