Building Rural Community Resilience Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship

This book explores how innovation manifests itself in rural places and contributes to entrepreneurial development and resilience. It highlights the importance of new forms of collaboration, policies that leverage rural assets, financial capital, arts, and networks in fostering innovation. The chapters illustrate how these characteristics relate to economic vibrancy in rural areas, providing insights and best practices for rural community and economic development scholars and practitioners.

Format: Hardback
Length: 236 pages
Publication date: 28 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Drawing from extensive empirical analyses, in-depth case studies, and a comprehensive synthesis of best practices, this groundbreaking book delves into the manifold manifestations of innovation in rural contexts and its profound impact on entrepreneurial development and resilience. It unveils how innovation emerges in rural spaces, driven by novel forms of collaboration, policies that harness the unique strengths of rural communities, innovative strategies for accessing financial capital, the infusion of arts into various aspects of community life, and the cultivation of networks that connect entrepreneurs, organizations, and institutions.

The chapters presented herein serve as vivid illustrations of how a diverse range of innovation-related characteristics align with economic vibrancy in rural regions. These include a strong interconnectedness with the arts, the adept and sustainable utilization of natural resources, the establishment of value-chain integrated food systems, the robust formation of bridging social capital networks, the creative exploitation of technology, and the prevalence of entrepreneurs with a strong focus on innovation. By exploring these and other critical topics, this book offers invaluable insights and practical strategies for rural community and economic development scholars and practitioners who aim to bolster and strengthen the rural innovation ecosystem.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032014210