Small and medium-sized towns have traditionally formed an integral part of the agricultural sector and wider rural economy, acting as a source of farm inputs, a first destination of farm outputs and as a source of consumer goods and services to farm households. In recent years, this relationship...

C<sc>ourtney</sc> P., L<sc>épicier</sc> D. and S<sc>chmitt</sc> B. Spatial patterns of production linkages in the context of Europe's small towns: how are rural firms linked to the local economy?, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Small towns have received increasing attention from policy-makers aiming to stimulate rural development...

Small and medium-sized towns have traditionally formed an integral part of the agricultural sector and wider rural economy, acting as a source of farm inputs, a first destination of farm outputs and as a source of consumer goods and services to farm households. In recent years, this relationship...

New governance structures, meant to empower local decision makers, are supported by some policies introduced by the European Commission. LEADER, from rural development policy, is among these approaches. Nevertheless, these new policies are implemented in very different multi-level governance...