The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development
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The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development: (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series)

The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development: (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series)

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The agriculture sector around the world has experienced profound changes in recent years. This unique and path-breaking Handbook draws together the best current research in the area of entrepreneurship in agriculture, food production and rural development. Agriculture policy reforms have impacted farm incomes, while demand side changes have required the development of sophisticated market driven strategies. Farmers have demonstrated uneven abilities to adapt and adjust to these ongoing changes. The ability and propensity of farmers to engage in entrepreneurial behaviors is a key explanation of the different patterns of responses within the sector. This book examines these issues through three main themes. The first theme focuses on the firm and the individual entrepreneurs, exploring entrepreneurship within the farm sector. The second takes a sector and industry perspective, exploring new developments in food production and distribution systems. The third theme explores the inter-relationship between agricultural entrepreneurship and its spatial context. Contributions are drawn from international research settings (Scandinavia, Europe, Asia, North America, Australasia) and offer an interdisciplinary approach to the subject. This astute Handbook, which will challenge and enrich the current literature, will appeal to academics in entrepreneurship, small business studies, agriculture, rural studies, rural sociology and agricultural economics, as well as food industry economists, policymakers and all those interested in supporting agricultural and rural businesses.

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Contents: 1. Introduction: Researching Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development Gry Agnete Alsos, Sara Carter, Elisabet Ljunggren and Friederike Welter PART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE FARMING SECTOR 2. The Development of New Ventures in Farm Businesses Richard Ferguson and Christer Olofsson 3. Pluriactivity, Entrepreneurship and Socio-economic Success of Farming Households Lasandahasi R. de Silva and Sarath S. Kodithuwakku 4. The Family Farm as a Premise for Entrepreneurship Anne Moxnes Jervell 5. Entrepreneurial Efforts and Change in Rural Firms: Three Case Studies of Farms Engaged in On-farm Diversification Jorunn Grande 6. Obstacles to the Development and Strategic Intentions of Forestry SMEs in Eastern Canada Etienne St-Jean, Luc LeBel and Josée Audet 7. Entrepreneurial Skills Among Farmers: Approaching a Policy Discourse Jarkko Pyysiäinen, Darren Halpin and Kari Miko Vesala PART II: INNOVATIONS IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION 8. The Determinants of High-growth Entrepreneurship in the Scottish Food and Drink Cluster Ross Brown 9. Entrepreneurship First or Last? Biodynamic Enterprise in New Zealand Kate Lewis, Robyn Walker and Sue Cassells 10. Contextualising Business Model Development in Nordic Rural Gourmet Restaurants Magdalena Markowska, Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson and Johan Wiklund 11. The Arkansas Delta Produce Marketing Association: Rural Entrepreneurship in the US Delta Region Kenneth L. Robinson, Edward Abrokwah, Iris Liang, Scott Sanders, Michael Wang and Kytson McNeil 12. Why do Farm Entrepreneurs Sell at Farmers’ Markets? Insights from Norway Asbjørn Veidal and Ola Flaten 13. Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts? Online Latent and Untapped Outlets for Farmers’ Markets in South East Wales David Pickernell, Christopher Miller, Julienne Senyard, Brychan Thomas and Richard Tunstall PART III: AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ITS SPATIAL CONTEXT 14. The Welfare Effect of Economic Diversity in Rural Regions: An Analysis of Dutch Municipalities Sierdjan Koster, Aleid E. Brouwer and Eveline S. van Leeuwen 15. Rural Enterprise and Neo-endogenous Development Jane Atterton, Robert Newbery, Gary Bosworth and Arthur Affleck 16. Agricultural and Forestry Entrepreneurship: Learning from the Experience of an Aboriginal Community in Canada Jean-Michel Beaudoin, Luc LeBel and Luc Bouthillier 17. The Entrepreneurial Farmer in Action: The Use of Different Forms of Capital Jane Glover Index


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  • ISBN-13: 9781848446250
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 184844625X
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jan 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Research Handbooks in Business and Management series


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