Using 2014 US nonmetropolitan county‐level data, we explore the relationship between
broadband speeds and business startup rates. Rural development policy discussions have …

Urban and rural areas differ in economic, social and environmental terms. Due to the
diverging dynamics in urban and rural areas, the social and economic distance between …

Within the theoretical framework of social capital, we explore how different religious
traditions influence small business activity in US counties. We motivate the analysis by …

This article concentrates on a crucial technical aspect of regional entrepreneurship
research: how do we measure the most innovative of entrepreneurs, the entrepreneurs most …

Using two alternative metrics of social capital, we explore how community structure
influences the five-year survival rates of businesses started in 2000. Employing a family of …

Spatial proximity and firm performance: evidence from non-farm rural enterprises in Ethiopia
and Nigeria. Regional Studies. The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa can be …

Researchers and economic development practitioners regard microenterprises (MEs) as
pivotal actors for economic development, poverty alleviation, and job creation …

Technology entrepreneurship may contribute significantly to economic development and
innovation. Little research has investigated the role of the university in technology …

Creativity can be defined as invention. Innovation is the implementation of that invention—
getting it to the market that needs it. Thus, any community's principal innovators are its …

Microenterprise support programs (MESPs) have gained popularity as a modern
development policy since the 1980s, with an increasing number of countries adopting this …