Imperatives and Opportunities for Research, Washington, DC, October 26-27, 2006. THE VALUE OF CASE STUDY RESEARCH ON RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: USEFUL METHOD?* David L. Barkley Professor and Co-Director Regional Economic Development Research Laboratory E.D.A. University Center for Economic Development Department of Applied Economics and Statistics Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina dbrkly@...

Regional and national policy makers have invested heavily in the cluster concept as a means of generating value for regions, particularly through the opportunities it may present for small regional enterprises as vehicles for growth and job creation. Economic theorists such as Porter, have shaped many of policies being adopted, from a macro-economic perspective, yet the process by which actors ...

The literature on social capital indicates that it can be an important element for enhancing economic activity in communities. Such an assertion is justified by theorizing that elements of social capital, namely trust, shared values, and established networks can form the basis for economic transactions, including labour market opportunities. However, little empirical analysis of these claims ha...

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In the past decades development of information technologies, increased international competition on the free market, globalization and businesses expanding outside of their countries of origin have lead to significant changes in the societies all over the world. All these changes and the world economic and social crisis have to be changed in the demographical structure of the work force, raisin...

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