The Embeddedness of small enterprises to the rural local economy of small and medium sized towns

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The Embeddedness of small enterprises to the rural local economy of small and medium sized towns

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Leeuwen, Eveline S. van (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie (Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Business Administration and Economitrics)
Nijkamp, Peter

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This paper addresses the local-regional-supra-regional orientation of small-scale farms and firms in rural areas. Due attention is given to the role of local centres (villages, towns) for the functioning of rural areas. With help of a quantified indicator spatial linkages related to sales and purchases of small enterprises are shown. Furthermore the allocation of labour to the local economy is taken into account. The degree of embeddedness of small local firms in rural areas appears to be fairly strong, which means that they play a significant role in the local economy in several ways

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Paper provided by VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics in its series Serie Research Memoranda with number 0021.

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Date of creation: 2004
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R12 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

NEP-AGR-2005-07-11 (Agricultural Economics)
NEP-ALL-2005-07-11 (All new papers)
NEP-ENT-2005-07-11 (Entrepreneurship)
NEP-GEO-2005-07-11 (Economic Geography)

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Paul Courtney, Andrew Errington, 2000. "The Role of Small Towns in the Local Economy and Some Implications for Development Policy," Local Economy, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 15(4), pages 280-301, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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Peter Nijkamp & Tuzin Baycan Levent & Aliye Ahu Gulumser, 2006. "Turkey's Rurality: A Comparative Analysis At the EU Level," ERSA conference papers ersa06p641, European Regional Science Association. [Downloadable!]

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