Series Editors’ Preface
Exploring Rural Enterprise: New Perspectives On Research, Policy & Practice
ISBN: 978-1-78441-112-1, eISBN: 978-1-78441-109-1
ISSN: 2040-7246
Publication date: 4 August 2014
Citation
(2014), "Series Editors’ Preface", Exploring Rural Enterprise: New Perspectives On Research, Policy & Practice (Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, p. xi. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620140000004013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2014 Emerald Group Publishing Limited
The ISBE-Emerald Book Series aims to provide a platform for leading edge research that reflects themes of interest to contemporary entrepreneurship scholars. The volumes within the series are proposed and edited by established scholars within the international ISBE membership, and contributions are peer reviewed by experts in their respective fields.
The fourth volume in the series, Exploring Rural Enterprise: New perspectives on research, policy & practice, edited by Colette Henry and Gerard McElwee, draws together contemporary research contributions that seek to critically explore a range of issues relating to rural enterprise. Accordingly, the chapters in this volume consider the various iterations of rural enterprise noting the underpinning synergy of the rural context but exploring the diversity of how this is articulated. Within this overarching theme, the volume contributors explore topics which range across issues relating to networks, social exclusion, communities and gender. Thus, the chapters in this volume use conceptual frameworks which underpin generic entrepreneurial theory and practice but recognise that their articulation within the rural environment acts as a particular lens to offer a novel perspective upon these issues. As the volume editors offer their insightful critique, they draw our attention to the critical nature of rurality and its impact on entrepreneurship, thus furthering understanding in this area.
We are grateful to Colette Henry and Gerard McElwee and their author team for compiling this exciting fourth volume. We also appreciate the support provided by the teams at Emerald Publishing and ISBE’s London office in helping to promote this important series. In keeping with the objectives of series, this volume constitutes a body of peer reviewed contemporary research chapters that will engage our growing ISBE community globally. We look forward to presenting further texts within the series in the near future.
Colette Henry
Susan Marlow
(Editors – ISBE-Emerald Book Series)
- Exploring Rural Enterprise: New Perspectives on Research, Policy & Practice
- Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research
- Exploring Rural Enterprise: New Perspectives on Research, Policy & Practice
- Copyright Page
- List of Contributors
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Defining and Conceptualising Rural Enterprise
- Investigating the Relationship Between Scottish Rural Small Firms’ Social Networks, Extra-local Market Diversification and Internet Usage
- Exploring Rural Enterprise: The Impact of Regional Stakeholder Engagement on Collaborative Rural Networks
- Contrasting Perceptions of the Challenges of Rural SMEs: Reconciling Enterprise and Agency Views
- The Role of ‘Leader’ in Delivering Resilient Communities
- Addressing Rural Social Exclusion in the Developing World: Exploring the Role of African Social Purpose Ventures
- Challenges Facing Rural Farm Animal Veterinary Enterprises in the UK
- Enterprise and Entrepreneurship on Islands
- The Spiritual Dimension of Biodynamics: An Alternative Source of Capital in the Rural Context
- Post-Communist Rural Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria
- Supporting Female Rural Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise)
- ‘Seeds’ for Growth? Policy and Support for Micro Rural Food Enterprises in a Peripheral Region
- About the Editors and Contributors