Research Catalog

Title

Entrepreneurship and local economic development / edited by Norman Walzer.

Publication

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

Walzer, Norman.

Description

x, 286 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

• Entrepreneurship > United States
• New business enterprises > United States
• Small business > United States
• Community development > United States
• Rural development > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction and Overview / Norman Walzer and Adee Athiyaman -- 2. Entrepreneurship as Rural Economic Development Policy: A Changing Paradigm / Brian Dabson -- 3. What's Culture Got to Do with It? Strategies for Strengthening an Entrepreneurial Culture / Ron Hustedde -- 4. Entrepreneurship and Small Business Growth / Norman Walzer, Adee Athiyaman and Gisele F. Hamm -- 5. The Drivers of Regional Entrepreneurship in Rural and Metro Areas / Jason Henderson, Sarah A. Low and Stephan Weiler -- 6. What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur? / Thomas S. Lyons, Gregg A. Lichtenstein and Nailya Kutzhanova -- 7. Building Communities through Entrepreneurship Development: Financing Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Support Systems / Deborah M. Markley -- 8. The Difference Makers: Entrepreneurial Young People / Craig Schroeder -- 9. Effective Entrepreneurship Education Programs / Joseph Kayne -- 10. Economic Development Via Understanding and Growing a Community's Microbusiness Segment / Michael D. Woods and Glenn Muske -- 11. Energizing Entrepreneurs: Lessons from the Field / Don Macke -- 12. Transforming Rural Economies through Entrepreneurial Networks: A Case Study / June Holley -- 13. Getting Started in Community-Based Entrepreneurship / Scott Loveridge.

ISBN

• 9780739117125 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0739117122 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2007022032
• 99820206211

OCLC

• ocn141482945
• SCSB-5927652

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries