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Rural rogues: a case story on the 'smokies' trade.

Smith, Robert

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Robert Smith



Abstract

Research into rural entrepreneurship continues to expand, albeit slowly. A common theme in the literature is the creation of value and its extraction from the environment. Rural entrepreneurship potentially covers a wide gamut of activity including the illegal. Also studies into agricultural entrepreneurship particularly traditional accounts of "rurality" tend to emphasise the rural idyll. Most studies tend to concentrate on the application of entrepreneurial theory to issues of rurality and as such exist on the margins of entrepreneurship research - being primarily studies into rurality and not entrepreneurship per se. Rarely do such studies impinge on issues of illegal enterprise that shatter this rural idyll. As a consequence, rural and farming rogues have been neglected as subjects of research. Yet, in the present perceived climate of economic decline in agricultural income, extracting value from the environment can be difficult and can give rise to illegal enterprise in the countryside as well as an increase in the prevalence of farming rogues. The case story, presented in this paper relates to one such illegal enterprise, namely the illegal slaughter of sheep for the Muslim "halal" market, known to those in the know as the smokies trade. Using the case story methodology this paper explores an issue of contemporary illegal enterprise in the countryside telling an important story that is otherwise difficult to evidence empirically.

Citation

SMITH, R. 2004. Rural rogues: a case story on the 'smokies' trade. International journal of entrepreneurial behavior and research [online], 10(4), pages 277-294. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/13552550410544231

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 1, 2004
Online Publication Date Aug 1, 2004
Publication Date Aug 1, 2004
Deposit Date Jun 23, 2009
Publicly Available Date Jun 23, 2009
Journal International journal of entrepreneurial behavior and research
Print ISSN 1355-2554
Publisher Emerald
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 4
Pages 277-294
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/13552550410544231
Keywords Rural areas; Business enterprise; Economics; Food products; Islam
Public URL http://hdl.handle.net/10059/368

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