Search for dissertations about: "Rural entrepreneurship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Rural entrepreneurship.

  2. 1. Contextualizing Entrepreneurship and Gender : A Life-Story Approach to Rural Family Businesses in Sweden

    Author : Shqipe Gashi Nulleshi; Selcen Ozturkcan; Ethel Brundin; Deema Refai; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural Entrepreneurship; Gender in Entrepreneurship; Context; Proximity; Agency; Emancipation; Rural Family Businesses; Life-story; Contextualizing; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship has gained increasing attention as a strategic area for rural development. Addressing environmental, demographic, and gender inequality challenges in rural areas requires contextualizing entrepreneurship. READ MORE

  4. 2. Rural-urban interdependencies : The role of cities in rural growth

    Author : Niclas Lavesson; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stad-land samspel; entreprenörskap; nyföretagande; Stad; Landsbygd; pendling; långpendling; stad-land pendling; urban integration; stadsintegration; Rural-urban interdependencies; entrepreneurship; long-distance commuting; rural-to-urban commuting; rural firm start-ups; necessity entrepreneurship; opportunity entrepreneurship; Sweden; regional growth;

    Abstract : A massive population growth in cities is currently being witnessed in most countries around the world. As urban populations grow, cities eventually expand geographically into what was considered countryside and nowadays distinguishing between what is city and what is countryside is getting increasingly difficult. READ MORE

  5. 3. Behind the Scenes of Rural Tourism : A Study of Entrepreneurship in Micro-Firms

    Author : Jonathan Moshe Yachin; Dimitri Ioannides; Susanna Heldt Cassel; Szilvia Gyimóthy; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tourism entrepreneurship; rural tourism; micro-firms; entrepreneurial behaviours; spatial bricolage; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis; Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of entrepreneurship in tourism micro-firms in rural areas. It provides a close, behind-the-scenes look at how owner-managers of tourism micro-firms generate value, overcome limitations, and promote change through interactions with their customers, their local environment and actors in their social networks. READ MORE

  6. 4. Value creation for sustainable rural development – perspectives of entrepreneurship in agriculture

    Author : Jennie Cederholm Björklund; Jeaneth Johansson; John Lindgren; Steffen Korsgaard; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agriculture; farmer; entrepreneurship; value creation; sustainable rural development; support system; context; embeddedness; business models; Lantbruk; lantbrukare; entreprenörskap; värdeskapande; hållbar landsbygdsutveckling; stödsystem; kontext; inbäddning; affärsmodeller;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship and innovation are regarded as key factors in the development of society - not least in the development of sustainable rural areas, where they are emphasised by both authorities and research. This thesis is situated in this field of inquiry and studies entrepreneurship in agriculture. READ MORE

  7. 5. The influence of wicked problems on community-based entrepreneurship in rural Sweden

    Author : Anne Pierre; Yvonne von Friedrichs; Anna Sörensson; Caroline Wigren-Kristoferson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : Social entrepreneurship; community-based entrepreneurship; wicked problems; small business development; rural local development; state-society synergy;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship research has, since the 1930’s, mainly focused on so-called traditional entrepreneurship and studies have to a large part discussed management processes. During the past 40 years social entrepreneurship research and research into community-based entrepreneurship and practice has emerged, as a response to changes in society due to global, regional and local events that affect local development. READ MORE