The handbook of research on entrepreneurship in agriculture and rural development

The expert contributors discuss entrepreneurship and innovation from a number of different perspectives, including the entrepreneurial professional team, the entrepreneurial firm and the institutional environment. The first part of the book looks at the challenges of entrepreneurship specific to the...

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Main Author: Alsos, Gry Agnete
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, Mass Edward Elgar Pub 2011
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The expert contributors discuss entrepreneurship and innovation from a number of different perspectives, including the entrepreneurial professional team, the entrepreneurial firm and the institutional environment. The first part of the book looks at the challenges of entrepreneurship specific to the professional service firm while the second explores the creation and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities in the professional service team. Part III turns to the organization and Part IV to the management and growth of the entrepreneurial professional service firm. The final part discusses the interplay between professions, firms and the institutional environment
pt. 1. Entrepreneurship in the farming sector -- pt. 2. Innovations in food production and distribution -- pt. 3. Agricultural entrepreneurship and its spatial context
Physical Description:xvi, 320 p ill., maps
ISBN:9781848446267
9780857933249
9781848446250