De Gruyter Handbook of Rural Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-11-075476-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 307 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 663 g

Reihe: De Gruyter handbooks in business, economics and finance

Despite major global shifts in agriculture, demographics, and rural environments, rural enterprise and entrepreneurship in developing economies remain underresearched, especially at the international level. This handbook addresses this gap by presenting contemporary research on rural enterprise across diverse settings, with a particular focus on Africa. It offers practical insights from countries including Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, Kosovo, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. 

Much existing policy is US or Europe-centric, often assuming superior knowledge. However, the examples discussed in this volume show that rural entrepreneurship in less developed countries may be more focused and innovative than in the Global North, especially in innovating to address climate and environmental challenges due to the immediate and visible impacts of climate change on food production and weather.

This book addresses two key questions: First, in light of the fact that entrepreneurship literature tends to be urban-centric, should "rural entrepreneurship" be a distinct category, or is it simply entrepreneurial activity in rural areas? Second, is a rural business fundamentally different from an urban one in its operations?

With its wide range of contributions and unique exploration of the definition of rural enterprise, this handbook will benefit academic scholars and postgraduate students interested in rural entrepreneurship and rural development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Robert

McElwee, Gerard

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents Introduction. What is rural enterprise? Theories of Rural Entrepreneurship. Climate crisis and sustainability issues. Demographic changes – the changing nature of land ownership/the workforce including ‘The greying of farming’ and the increase in farm women. New innovative practices – urban farming, hydroponics and vertical farming. Section 2 – The Americas North America South America Brazil. Walter Mswaka Mexico Asael Islas-Moreno and Wynn Morris Section 3 - Africa Sub Saharan Africa Zambia Adrian Wood Sub Saharan Africa – Emmanuel Bunei Section 4 - Asia Asian economies India Indonesia Pakistan Nabeel Muhammad Section 5 - Middle Eastern economies Egypt. Nermin Elkfrawi Oman Suhail Ghouse Iran. Hosseini, S Jordan. Deema Refai Section 6 Developing European Economies Rural Policy Kosovo Shqipe Gashi Nulleshi Section 7 - Conclusion - Gerard McElwee and Robert Smith

Über Autor(innen)

Gerard is Professor of Rural Entrepreneurship at University of York St John, York, England. His current interests are village sustainability, and illegal entrepreneurship in the rural. Gerard is a Volunteer Ranger for the North York National Park. He is passionate about the North Yorkshire Moors and Rural Issues. 

Rob Smith has been a serving police officer, in Aberdeenshire for over 25 years, before he started his new adventures in education and teaching. He was awarded his PhD in 2006. He worked at Robert Gordon University and very soon was appointed Reader. In a relatively short period of time, he was awarded his first professorial position in 2015. Following ill-health retirement from his professorial role, Rob has worked as an independent scholar and consultant, maintaining active research through visiting positions at De Montfort University, University of Leicester and with East Midlands Academic Police Collaboration [EMPAC] at Loughborough University, while continuing as a doctoral supervisor at Heriot-Watt University. This extraordinary career demonstrates how Robert successfully leveraged his practical policing experience to become an internationally respected scholar with over 200 publications, having supervised 14 doctoral students to completion and examined 30+ doctoral theses, while developing expertise spanning criminal entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial policing, community policing, rural enterprise crime, and food fraud.