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The rural enterprise economy
No full textEnterprises located in rural regions face various challenges in the globalised and digitised world. This book offers comprehensive answers to the question of what makes up the rural enterprise economy in the contemporary business world. It addresses the competitiveness and viability, strategic management and strategic change, and marketing issues for both incumbent and start-up companies in rural regions. The book presents new concepts that shed light on the rural enterprise economy with its entrepreneurs. With a broad range of cases from European regions, the book provides theoretical insights for scholars, practical case-based evidence for lecturers and teachers, and practical knowledge for business practitioners and planning specialists. Academic experts from European universities and research institutes provide compelling answers to this under-researched topic in business studies and economics. This concluding chapter summarises the key lessons learnt about the ‘rural enterprise economy’ and provides avenues for future research. In addition, it presents important implications for policy-makers and practitioners committed to rural economic development and rural enterprises
Introduction to the rural enterprise economy
No full textEnterprises located in rural regions face various challenges in the globalised and digitised world. This book offers comprehensive answers to the question of what makes up the rural enterprise economy in the contemporary business world. It addresses the competitiveness and viability, strategic management and strategic change, and marketing issues for both incumbent and start-up companies in rural regions. The book presents new concepts that shed light on the rural enterprise economy with its entrepreneurs. With a broad range of cases from European regions, the book provides theoretical insights for scholars, practical case-based evidence for lecturers and teachers, and practical knowledge for business practitioners and planning specialists. Academic experts from European universities and research institutes provide compelling answers to this under-researched topic in business studies and economics
Regional Sharing-Economy Entrepreneurs and the Diversity of Their Business Models
No full textEntrepreneurship in the sharing economy is a prototypical global phenomenon, while the sharing economy is present across various economic sectors, including regional economies. Against the backdrop of this observation, the present chapter addresses the issue of regional sharing-economy entrepreneurs. It investigates the questions of what the entrepreneurial characteristics of applied business models with such regional sharing-economy entrepreneurs are and which diversity of business models exists with them. An exploratory case study of four Norwegian sharing-economy start-up businesses is presented to shed light on these questions. The study finds that the four cases represent variants of regional sharing-economy entrepreneurs that incorporate different elements of the business model features discussed in the literature but differ with regard to their viability. We argue that complementarities exist between their business models, which creates the diversity of regional entrepreneurship in the platform-based sharing economy
Uncovering the micro-entrepreneurial motivation of Airbnb hosts in Rural Arctic sustainable tourism: An exploratory case study
No full textThe digital age has brought about a significant change in the way we conduct business, and micro-entrepreneurship on digital platforms has emerged as a powerful force driving economic growth. With the advent of technology, individuals can now utilize digital platforms like Airbnb, Etsy, and Uber to turn their skills, hobbies, and spare time into a source of income. Micro-entrepreneurship on these platforms has opened new opportunities for people to become self-employed and take control of their financial futures.
Digital platforms have provided a unique opportunity for micro-entrepreneurs to reach a broader audience, increase their income, and improve their livelihoods. These platforms have also been instrumental in promoting rural tourism and creating a sustainable income stream for people in remote areas.
However, like any other business model, micro-entrepreneurship on digital platforms comes with its own set of challenges. The lack of regulation, the risk of financial instability, and the need for constant innovation and adaptation are just a few examples of the challenges micro-entrepreneurs face.
As we continue to navigate the ever-changing landscape of digital platforms, it is essential to understand the motivations and consumption patterns of micro-entrepreneurs. This understanding can help us identify the challenges and opportunities in this field and develop strategies to promote sustainable and inclusive growth.
This study aims to contribute to this understanding by exploring the motivations and consumption patterns of micro-entrepreneurs on Airbnb in the Arctic region. The findings of this study can serve as a valuable resource for policymakers, businesses, and individuals looking to enter the world of micro-entrepreneurship on digital platforms, like Airbnb.
Keywords: Airbnb, Arctic, micro-entrepreneurship, post-income consumption patterns, sustainable rural tourism, motivation
The Impact of Airbnb Hosts on Arctic Local Economies:Consumption Patterns, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
No full textThis project investigates how Airbnb hosts contribute to the development of sustainable tourism in remote Arctic regions. The number of Airbnb hosts has been increasing in peripheries in the past decade, attracting tourists as an alternative source of income and providing opportunities for local entrepreneurship. Airbnb-based tourism can have both positive and negative impacts on the local economies. The main goal of the project is to applyan empirical, mixed-methods research approach to study Airbnb hosts and their contribution to sustainable designation development and community formation in the local economies of the case-study regions of Northern Jutland (Denmark), North Iceland (Iceland), and Nordland (Norway), all of which represent typical Arc􀆟c and Nordic peripheral communities and economies
The Impact of Airbnb Hosts on Arctic Local Economies:Consumption Patterns, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
No full textThis project investigates how Airbnb hosts contribute to the development of sustainable tourism in remote Arctic regions. The number of Airbnb hosts has been increasing in peripheries in the past decade, attracting tourists as an alternative source of income and providing opportunities for local entrepreneurship. Airbnb-based tourism can have both positive and negative impacts on the local economies. The main goal of the project is to applyan empirical, mixed-methods research approach to study Airbnb hosts and their contribution to sustainable designation development and community formation in the local economies of the case-study regions of Northern Jutland (Denmark), North Iceland (Iceland), and Nordland (Norway), all of which represent typical Arc􀆟c and Nordic peripheral communities and economies
Entrepreneurship and ageing: Exploring an economic geography perspective
No full textThe traditional understanding of entrepreneurship is biased towards certain
population groups and specific locations. Yet the literature points to a much more
diverse perspective on entrepreneurship and regional development. In this paper, we
argue that regional characteristics such as the extent to which a region faces
demographic change (population growth or decline, population ageing, emigration of
youth, etc.) may exert a strong influence both on the individual propensity to start a
business and the aggregate numbers of entrepreneurial activities. In addition,
demographic change also influences the types of businesses or business models found
in different regional contexts. With this idea in mind, we argue that the opportunities
and challenges that are associated with old age entrepreneurship depend strongly on
the regional context. We place old age entrepreneurship into a regional context and
illustrate the ways in which opportunities and constraints arise from such a context
and, in particular, from demographic change occurring in different regional types
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Adoption of digital innovations in rural enterprises during COVID-19
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly affected the operating conditions of enterprises. Traditional customers and operational models are changing radically in the short term. Digitalisation and digital methods provide an opportunity to re-organise working methods and create a new kind of business to replace old methods and business models. Compared to urban enterprises, rural enterprises have less experience with digital tools and are less likely to adopt digital innovations. This makes rural enterprises especially vulnerable. The purpose of this study is to provide insights into how micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises in rural areas have addressed the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital solutions they have adopted, and the kinds of challenges they have faced. This study puts particular emphasis on micro-enterprises and was based on survey data collected in Finland in the spring of 2020.peerReviewe
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