Entrepreneurship and community economic development
2003
Book
Using two case studies from Canada, Diochon (business administration, St. Francis Xavier U., Canada) investigates the role of entrepreneurs in community development programs. She focuses on the efforts of Canada's Community Economic Development program to promote endogenous growth in the business sector and whether it is appropriate for application to rural disadvantaged communities. Distributed in the U.S. by Cornell U. Press Services. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Incorporated, Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780773525108
- 0773525408
- 0773525106
Description: xvi, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
Contents:
- The Theory and Practice of Endogenous Development: Roots and Challenges
- The Exogenous/Endogenous Development Debate in Canada
- Community Economic Development: The Community as a Development Actor
- A Conceptual Framework for Fostering Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Methodology and Research Design
- Analysis and Results
- The Community Enterprise Emergence Model.
LCCN: 2004381583
Control Number: 2630555
Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003]Subjects:
Genre: Case studies.