Local contextual factors and circumstances areseen to influence the entrepreneur. Current thinking proposes that localenterprise cooperation is a key element of economic development initiatives.Economic activity is seen as socially embedded, which usually implies localembeddedness. This...

In-migrants make disproportionately positivecontributions to the creation of new ventures in rural England. This studyexplores three questions: (1) Are in-migrant entrepreneurs different from theirlocally-born counterparts? (2) To what extent does the origin of the in-migrantentrepreneur affect...