Characterising rural businesses - Tales from the paperman

Gary Bosworth

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.07.002

Characterising rural businesses - Tales from the paperman

Gary Bosworth^*

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Abstract

A case study of a self-termed 'rural business' is used to deconstruct the concept of a rural business and shed light on specific features of 'operating in a rural area' and 'serving a rural population'. Alongside 'selling a rural product', the paper claims that these make up three parameters for categorising rural businesses. Highlighting these unique or niche features of a rural business makes is possible to recognise values that extend beyond financial measures. As such, this research provides a mechanism to support rural policy aimed at delivering both economic and community development objectives.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	499-506
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Rural Studies
Volume	28
Issue number	4
Early online date	15 Sept 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.07.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Rural business
Rural economy
Rural society
Self-employment

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