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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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Routledge revivals |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; 1 Goals and Policies for Regional Development: A Critical View from the Grass-Roots; Encouraging 'Spontaneous Combustion' of Entrepreneurship; Personal Factors in Self-Employment and Enterprising; General Concepts in Regional Economics and Development Policy; Current Role of the State; 2 The Global Economy: The Sea on Which National and Regional Economies Sail; Facts and Figures Illustrating the Rapidity of Globalisation; Consequences for National, Regional, and Rural Economic Policy-Making |
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Differentiating Target Groups as Agents of Regional Development3 Behavioural Dynamics at the Grass-Root Level: Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Functions of Personality, Social Structures and Cultural Configurations; Genesis of Enterprise and Innovation; Defining 'Entrepreneurs' (and 'Innovators') by Traits; Defining 'Entrepreneurs' (and 'Innovators') by Functions; Recognising Effects of Social Structures; Recognising Effects of Culture; 4 Individual Actors: Personal Factors in Innovative Behaviour and Enterprise |
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Personality: Traits, Functions, Motives, and Dispositions to Act of 'Entrepreneurs', 'Innovators', and 'Adopters'The Family Household and Socialisation of Individuals; The Individual's Role, Identity, Values and Attitudes as Behavioural Determinants; 5 Contexts: Socio-Cultural Embeddedness and Its Implications for, Opportunities for and Constraints on Innovative Behaviour and Enterprise; Socio-Structural Features of 'Innovative Environments'; Cultural Configurations and Patterns of Behaviour; Cultural Specificities in Awareness and Use of Time as an Example |
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Culture -- A Force of Social Cohesion, but also of ExclusionDifferentiating Between Cultures and Nations; Cultural Impacts on Organisations, Innovation, and Enterprise; Power Structures; Social Networks and Peer Groups; Communication and Information Flow; 6 Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Entrepreneurship.
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New business enterprises -- Finance.
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Rural development -- Sociological aspects.
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Rural development -- Economic aspects
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Entrepreneurship
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entrepreneurs.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Entrepreneurship
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New business enterprises -- Finance
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Rural development -- Economic aspects
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Rural development -- Sociological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429463495 |
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0429463499 |
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9780429872792 |
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0429872798 |
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