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Business & Economics Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship and Community Economic Development

by (author) Monica C. Diochon

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2003
Category
Entrepreneurship
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773525108
    Publish Date
    Mar 2003
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773525405
    Publish Date
    May 2004
    List Price
    $37.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773570849
    Publish Date
    Mar 2003
    List Price
    $95.00

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One of the goals of regional policies is to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in the nation's smaller and more remote communities. Policymakers are becoming increasingly interested in the Community Economic Development approach as a way of achieving this aim. In Entrepreneurship and Community Economic Development Monica Diochon examines the development processes adopted by two rural, single-industry Canadian communities confronting the collapse of their economic bases. She argues that a community's effectiveness in influencing economic development depends on the extent to which entrepreneurship is encouraged and shows that, while a number of factors influence enterprise, economic activities that are community-determined and provide varied opportunities to participate in achieving short-term self-sustaining strategic outcomes are particularly important.

About the author

Department of Business Administration, St Francis Xavier University

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