Entrepreneurship and local economic development [electronic resource] / edited by Norman Walzer - Lanham : Lexington Books, c2007 - 1 online resource (x, 286 p.) : ill., maps

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Entrepreneurship as rural economic development policy : a changing paradigm / Brian Dabson -- What's culture got to do with it? : strategies for strengthening an entrepreneurial culture / Ron Huestedde -- Entrepreneurship and small business growth / Norman Walzer, Adee Athiyaman, and Gisele F. Hamm -- The drivers of regional entrepreneurship in rural and metro areas / Jason Henderson, Sarah A. Low, and Stephan Weiler -- What makes a successful entrepreneur? / Thomas S. Lyons, Gregg A. Lichtenstein, and Nailya Kutzhanova -- Building communities through entrepreneurship development : financing entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial support systems / Deborah M. Markley -- The difference makers : entrepreneurial young people / Craig Schroeder -- Effective entrepreneurship education programs / Joseph Kayne -- Economic development via understanding and growing a community's microbusiness segment / Michael D. Woods and Glenn Muske -- Energizing entrepreneurs : lessons from the field / Don Macke -- Transforming rural economies through entrepreneurial networks : a case study / June Holley -- Getting started in community-based entrepreneurship / Scott Loveridge


Mode of access: Internet

9780739141212 (electronic bk.) 073914121X (electronic bk.)


Entrepreneurship--United States
New business enterprises--United States
Small business--United States
Community development--United States
Rural development--United States