Entrepreneurship and Community Economic Development

by Diochon, Monica C.

• ISBN13: 9780773525108
• ISBN10: 0773525106
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

One of the goals of regional policies is to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in the nation's smaller and more remote communities. Policymakers are becoming increasingly interested in the Community Economic Development approach as a way of achieving this aim. In Entrepreneurship and Community Economic Development Monica Diochon examines the development processes adopted by two rural, single-industry Canadian communities confronting the collapse of their economic bases. She argues that a community's effectiveness in influencing economic development depends on the extent to which entrepreneurship is encouraged and shows that, while a number of factors influence enterprise, economic activities that are community-determined and provide varied opportunities to participate in achieving short-term self-sustaining strategic outcomes are particularly important.

Author Biography

Monica C. Diochon is associate professor in the Department of Business Administration, St Francis Xavier University

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures	ix
Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Abbreviations	xv
Introduction	3	(7)
The Theory and Practice of Endogenous Development: Roots and Challenges	10	(27)
The Exogenous/Endogenous Development Debate in Canada	37	(11)
Community Economic Development: The Community as a Development Actor	48	(29)
A Conceptual Framework for Fostering Entrepreneurship and Innovation	77	(21)
Methodology and Research Design	98	(17)
Analysis and Results	115	(87)
Conclusions and Recommendations	202	(11)
Appendix: The Community Enterprise Emergence Model	213	(16)
Notes	229	(6)
References	235	(16)
Index	251