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Rural entrepreneurship and Innovation: some successful women's initiatives

Pato, Lúcia - 2015

Although rural entrepreneurship is an emergent field of study and has emerged as one of the most noticeable ways to promote rural development, the few studies concerning the theme are still incipient. Moreover, a lot of studies focus on farmers and rural entrepreneurs as a whole and little...

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A Relational Account of the Causes of Spatial Firm Mobility

Knoben, Joris - 2006

of embeddedness in (localized) IORs are very unlikely to relocate. Therefore, the following research question is posed …: “To what extent is the level of embeddedness of firms in (localized) innovative inter-organizational relationships of …

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Agglomeration and embeddedness of Belgian biotech firms: The role of venture capital

Bringmann, Katja; Verhetsel, Ann; Vanoutrive, Thomas; … - 2013

The existing literature on cluster embeddedness largely neglects the impact of finance on the development of firm … of venture capitalists on start-ups? embeddedness. Embeddedness generally occurs along three dimensions namely the … societal, the network and the territorial one. Societal embeddedness refers to the cultural environment economic actions take …

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Implementation and impacts of the LEADER-approach – reflections on the intervention logic of a participatory approach for rural development

Pollermann, Kim; Raue, Petra; Schnaut, Gitta - 2016

One approach to support a smart rural development is LEADER, which is funded by the European agricultural fund. A general assumption about LEADER-approach is that the implementation of the LEADER-principles (like participation, cooperation, bottom up-orientation) creates an added value because...

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Refugees and rural development: Chances from migration and challenges of integration

Pollermann, Kim - 2016

The current immigration of refugees leads to a discussion about links between rural development and migration. Some rural regions in Germany formulate the hope that they can benefit from refugee immigration. In these areas, the impacts of aging and population decline with labour and skills...

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Contribution of agriculture to national economic development

Camelia Iacob, Oana; Volintiru, Ana-Maria; Marin, Aurel - 2013

At national economic level there is a fierce competitivity, experienced more and more perhaps due to the crisis. Functionality of the economy has been a challenge that many have failed to honor, but at least led us to try to. The chance to succeed was related to everyone's desire to ensure...

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The restructuring impact of the national economy of rural development

Costin, Lenuţa - 2014

The study is intended as a brief foray into the issue of economic restructuring effect of the matrix on rural development and failed to show that it is favorable to human primary role in human resource of entrepreneurial role assumed, being the main driver of competitive advantage of Romania. In...

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Improvement of natural grassland as a factor of rural development in lower Danube Region

Jovanović, Marijana; Arsić, Slavica; Pajčin, Đuro - 2014

The aim of this paper is presenting of importance of natural grasslands (meadows and pastures) in rural development of Lower Danube region. Production of efficient quantities of food for domestic animals and preservation of environment is strategically important for economic prosperity and...

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The intriguing question of regional and territorial development in rural areas: analytical variations and Public Policy

Wallet, Frederic; Torre, Andre - 2011

The aim of this paper is to shed light on territorial development and rural development issues, and to review the links and differences between. Indeed, everything points to reach those dimensions that have long seemed disconnected. On the one hand, rural policies incorporate explicitly the...

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Construção de alianças para gestão territorial com ênfase na floresta: O caso do Bosque Modelo Caçador no sul do Brasil

Rosot, Maria Augusta Doetzer; De Oliveira, Yeda Maria … - 2015

Model Forests (MFs) are social and participatory processes aiming at the sustainable development of a territory where the forest plays an important role. Individuals and organizations share knowledge and combine expertise and resources to provide income-generating opportunities, balancing...

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