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Is There a Local Business Community?

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  • James Curran

    (Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 7LB. E-mail:r.rutherfoord@kingston. ac.uk)

  • Robert Rutherfoord

    (Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 7LB. E-mail:r.rutherfoord@kingston. ac.uk)

  • Stephen Lloyd Smith

    (Division of Management, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH)

Abstract

This article reports a study of the attitudes of small business owners to the localities in which their businesses are located and local economic development. The views of the owners contrasted strongly with those of representatives of local business bodies and economic agencies. The findings indicate small business owners tend to be detached from the locality and from local economic initiatives. This appears to be due to historical trends that have reduced the role of small business in local political and economic processes and the logic(s) of business practice within the sectors analysed. This has occurred despite trends soliciting more private sector involvement in local economic initiatives.

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  • James Curran & Robert Rutherfoord & Stephen Lloyd Smith, 2000. "Is There a Local Business Community?," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 15(2), pages 128-143, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:15:y:2000:i:2:p:128-143
    DOI: 10.1080/02690940050122686
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    4. Heledd Jenkins, 2006. "Small Business Champions for Corporate Social Responsibility," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 67(3), pages 241-256, September.
    5. Geoff Moore & Richard Slack & Jane Gibbon, 2009. "Criteria for Responsible Business Practice in SMEs: An Exploratory Case of U.K. Fair Trade Organisations," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 89(2), pages 173-188, October.

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