TY  - JOUR
AB  - The paper presents results from four surveys of rural businesses in mountainous and less‐favoured areas of Southern Europe. Institutional support to rural businesses is extensive and delivered through the traditional instruments of capital subsidies, training and assistance to financial and technical management. Strategic orientations vary among case study areas and businesses. Results show that institutions should design and implement de‐centralised, flexible policies of business support in the less favoured areas of the European Union.
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
SN  - 0955-534X
DO  - 10.1108/09555340310483811
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09555340310483811
AU  - Skuras Dimitris
AU  - Castro Caldas João
AU  - Meccheri Nicola
AU  - Psaltopoulos Dimitris
AU  - Viladomiu Lourdes
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Institutional support to strategic business orientations: an empirical analysis of rural businesses in four countries of southern Europe
T2  - European Business Review
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 235
EP  - 244
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -