Zzzz.... Some reflections on the dynamics of village entrepreneurship.

Smith, Robert

Abstract

Using the qualitative research techniques of auto-ethnography, active reflection and natural observation to construct a data set of businesses in a village in rural Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK this exploratory, longitudinal study examines the dynamics of village entrepreneurship in relation to those of urban entrepreneurship. It does so by analysing data on businesses in the area actively collected via a visual audit to determine whether entrepreneurship as practised in rural areas differs from that practised in urban areas. Although both fall under the same rubric and rest upon the same theories, from a practical perspective they differ dramatically in the pace of life in which they are enabled and enacted.

Citation

SMITH, R. 2008. Zzzz... Some reflections on the dynamics of village entrepreneurship. International journal of entrepreneurship and small business [online], 6(3), pages 370-389. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2008.019133

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 30, 2008
• Online Publication Date: Jun 30, 2008
• Publication Date: Sep 30, 2008
• Deposit Date: Jun 23, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 23, 2009
• Journal: International journal of entrepreneurship and small business
• Print ISSN: 1476-1297
• Electronic ISSN: 1741-8054
• Publisher: Inderscience
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 370-389
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2008.019133
• Keywords: Village entrepreneurship; Visible business community; Invisible business community; Dynamics; Rurality; Networking; Narrative
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/365