The new European rurality : strategies for small firms /: strategies for small firms. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Teresa de Noronha Vaz, Eleanor J. Morgan, Peter Nijkamp.
• Other Names: Vaz, Teresa de Noronha; Morgan, Eleanor J; Nijkamp, Peter
• Contents: New perspectives on European rurality and entrepreneurship -- Rural Europe and small firms : a strategic positioning and synthesis / Teresa de Noronha Vaz, Eleanor J. Morgan, and Peter Nijkamp -- Entrepreneurship in small enterprises and local development / Teresa de Noronha Vaz -- Determinants of structural change in peripheral regions -- Accessibility, innovative milieu and the innovative activity of businesses in EU peripheral and lagging areas / Andrew Copus and Dimitris Skuras -- Human capital as the critical factor for the development of Europe's rural peripheral areas / Lois Labrianidis -- Agri-food districts : theory and evidence / Cristina Brasili and Roberto Fanfani -- The embeddedness of small enterprises within the rural local economy of small and medium sized towns / Eveline S. Van Leeuwen and Peter Nijkamp -- New strategies in small business development -- Organizational success factors in local agri-food industries / Gabriella Vindigni, Peter Nijkamp, Giuseppina Carrà, and Iuri Peri -- The implementation of information and communication technologies in SMEs / Martine Boutary and M-Christine Monnoyer -- Break-out strategies of ethnic entrepreneurs / Tüzin Baycan Levent, Enno Masurel, and Peter Nijkamp -- Rural entrepreneurship : an innovation and marketing perspective / Anabela Dinis -- Case studies -- The adoption of information and communication technologies among smaller food firms in rural areas of Greece / Elena Georgoudaki, Efthalia Dimara, and Dimitris Skuras -- The allocation of public support to small food firms in Belgium, Ireland, and the UK / Tessa Avermaete, Jacques Viaene, and Eleanor J. Morgan in co-operation with Eamonn Pitts, Nick Crawford, Denise Mahon, and Xavier Gellynck -- A medium term economic outlook for cyclical markets : a case study of Mexican pig farms / Myriam Sagarnaga Villegas, Rene Ochoa Ochoa, José Salas González, Edmundo Haro, and Guillermina García Figueroa -- Adopting innovations in agriculture : an exploratory analysis using discrete choice models / Shlomo Bekhor, Daniel Shefer, and Mordechai Cohen -- Assisting small and medium sized enterprises : technological innovation policies in rural areas / Federica Cisilino -- Attitudes to territorial innovation processes in Raia Central Ibérica / Maria Manuela Santos Natário, Paulo Alexandre Neto, and Felisberto Marques Reigado.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (308 pages)
• Subjects: 630/.68/4; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory; Agricultural industries -- Europe; Rural development -- Europe; Small business -- Europe -- Management; Innovations technologiques; Petites et moyennes entreprises; Industrie agroalimentaire; Développement rural; Gestion d'entreprise agricole; UE/CE Etats membres; Agricultural industries; Rural development; Small business -- Management; Kleinbedrijf; Landbouwbedrijven; Plattelandsontwikkeling; Ländliche Entwicklung; Mitgliedsstaaten; Small Business; Mitgliedsstaaten; Ländliche Entwicklung; Small Business; Europe; Europäische Union; Europäische Union; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351885133; 1351885138
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.