Wilson, K, Harrington, S and Kevill, A orcid.org/0000-0002-0536-5610 (2022) A taxonomy of rural micro-enterprises: Disembedded or bedrock of the community. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 23 (3). pp. 188-202. ISSN 1465-7503
Abstract
This paper develops a taxonomy of rural micro-enterprises based on their level of embeddedness in the rural. Drawing upon 19 in-depth narrative interviews we identify the classifications of ‘bedrock’, ‘anchored’, ‘disembedded’ and ‘perfunctory’ enterprises. This offers a new categorisation of rural micro-enterprises and challenges the notion that all rural micro-enterprises add value to the rural economy. Indeed, ‘disembedded’ rural micro-enterprises may have parasitical tendencies and be negative contributors to rural economic sustainability due to the actions and choices made by their owner-manager(s). Through the creation of an empirically and conceptually grounded taxonomy we reveal a number of important attributes which develop understanding of the nature of rural micro-enterprises and highlight the varied activities of such businesses. The implications of the taxonomy are discussed, and important policy implications are identified.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2022. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | rural, micro-enterprise, taxonomy, embeddedness |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Enterprise & Entrepreneurship (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2022 14:41 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 23:02 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/14657503221099212 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:188573 |