Concluding Thoughts

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. De Gruyter Handbooks in Business, Economics and Finance V
3. Contents VII
4. About the Authors IX
5. Introduction 1
6. Rural Entrepreneurship is Declining … or Is It? 7
7. Energizing Rural and Non-traditional Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Using the Sociological Imagination and Theories of the Middle Range 29
8. What Skills Do Rural Entrepreneurs Need for Success, and How Can They Develop Them? 57
9. From Entrepreneurship “in” Rural Areas to Entrepreneurship “of” Rural Areas: The Interplay between Entrepreneurship and Place for Rural Community Revitalization 75
10. How Technology Roadmapping for Smart Grid Could Be Applied to the Agriculture Sector 99
11. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Quadruple Helix: A Sub-ecosystem Approach 117
12. Rural Everyday Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Higher Education 139
13. How Alternative Farmers in Southeastern Ontario Mobilize Mission-driven Approaches for Rural Revitalization and Resilience 161
14. Examples of Theories and Data Sources in Conducting Research of Rural Entrepreneurship 183
15. Rural Entrepreneurship: Half a Century of Learning 203
16. Rural Roots and Urban Aspirations: Spatial Influences on Entrepreneurial Motivations in Europe 227
17. Rural Entrepreneurship at the Cross Point of Cultural Turn and Planetary: A Geosocial Critique of Rural Entrepreneurship 259
18. Concluding Thoughts 279
19. Additional Thoughts to Stimulate Applications – Examples, Cases, and Stories 283