Research on Rural Entrepreneurship in Terms of the Literature: Definition Problems and Selected Research Issues

Kulawiak, Anita; Suliborski, Andrzej; Rachwał, Tomasz

doi:10.2478/quageo-2022-0020

Cited by 11 publications

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“…To address our research questions, we adopted a case study approach – a research method frequently used when the investigated subject explores an under-researched field of knowledge, facilitating better understanding and clarifying new research problems (Kulawiak et al, 2022) through an empirical exploration of particular processes (Olmedo et al, 2023). Indeed, case studies, including single-case designs, have been increasingly used in recent years to inform the development of interventions and to extend meta-analytic and other statistical data analyses to inform practice and policy decisions (Moeyaert et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Innovation and rural context: An exploratory case study of a small rural enterprise from the Czech Republic

Steinerowska-Streb,

Peterková,

Steiner

2024

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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This study identifies i) factors that encourage small rural enterprises to innovate and ii) obstacles to introducing innovation. Using a case study of a rural business in the Czech Republic, the paper reveals that although rural businesses may experience innovation barriers, such as inadequate human resources and volatile market conditions, they can innovate, respond quickly and effectively to emerging market circumstances and turn threats into opportunities for growth. Importantly, many of the challenges and opportunities for innovation interplay with each other, with some obstacles becoming a foundation of creative and innovative solutions that help to develop a sustainable, modern and efficient enterprise. We highlight that the innovation of rural enterprises can be an outcome of pull and push factors that influence both product innovation and business innovation processes. Pull factors represent incentives and opportunities to stimulate rural innovation. Push factors, on the other hand, necessitate change and create pressures that must be addressed to ensure business longevity. The paper also shows that successful innovation is not free from agency, with the strategic vision and innovation outlook of business owners being a significant driver of innovation practices. Finally, our study shows that the innovation of rural enterprises depends on local, regional, national and international connections, and goes beyond rural areas, with a ‘think local and act global’ approach helping to harness opportunities in wider markets.

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confidence: 99%

Innovation and rural context: An exploratory case study of a small rural enterprise from the Czech Republic

Steinerowska-Streb,

Peterková,

Steiner

2024

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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“…Rural entrepreneurship has been a subject of interest for over a century, but researchers have not yet agreed on a universal definition (Kulawiak et al, 2022). Early research has typically defined rural entrepreneurship in two perspectives: as the image of the traditional entrepreneur with characteristics such as independence and innovation, and as the creation of new firms and jobs (Vaillant & Lafuente, 2007;Wortman, 1990).…”

Section: Rural Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Agent-Based Modelling Approach for Assessing Entrepreneurial Intentions and Development Strategies in the Rural Hospitality Industry

Gu,

Onggo,

Kunc

et al. 2023

Proceedings of SW21 the OR Society Simulation Workshop

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Rural hospitality and tourism (RHT) play a key role in rural revitalization, especially due to the impact of COVID-19, with more citizens choosing to travel to the countryside for a staycation. Local SMEs, especially family-owned enterprises, make up the majority of the RHT sector, not only providing services and products to satisfy tourists, but also helping with local employment. However, entrepreneurs operating in rural areas face many challenges in terms of capital, skills and education. Hence, it is important to explore the entrepreneurial intention (EI) of local people and how policies can support or change their behaviours. Current research on the RHT industry, rarely study the EI of local people, and the literature on rural entrepreneurship concentrates on developed countries. This study therefore uses agent-based modelling to explore how locals' EI in Chongming island (China) respond to the current impact of COVID-19, and whether policies will bring about changes on the supply side of RHT sector.

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Section: Rural Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Rural entrepreneurship has been researched for over twenty years. It has been dominated by economic-related studies especially on the macro policy level, analysing obstacles and challenges (Kulawiak et al, 2022). However, research from a micro perspective is lacking, with existing studies focusing on demographic and psychographic profiles of entrepreneurs, their skill levels, and rural firm characteristics (Pato & Teixeira, 2016).…”

Section: Rural Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Proceedings of SW21 The OR Society Simulation Workshop

2023

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Simulation, and now digital twins, excel in estimating parameters associated with complex and timedependent stochastic processes, e.g., large airport, highway, and warehouse operations. Within such contexts, we consider statistical inference, whereby one seeks to quantify the error in the obtained simulation estimate. Historically, statistical inference in simulation has been considered challenging because parameters needing estimation are often complicated, and simulation output often autocorrelated and non-normal. However, we argue that the remarkably simple idea of batching can be used as an "omnibus" inference device in simulation settings. Batching for inference works in three simple steps: (i) divide simulation output data into overlapping batches; (ii) construct parameter estimates from each batch; and (iii) use the batch estimates, after accounting for dependence, to perform statistical inference. As we describe in this paper, the resulting procedures are usually trivial to implement in software, and are provably correct and efficient. Batching ideas originated in the 1950s, and have enjoyed steady development in the simulation community since the 1970s mostly within the problem of variance estimation. Our thesis is that batching ideas have much wider utility, and that batching should be considered alongside other resampling ideas such as the bootstrap or the jackknife in modern statistics.

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Research on Rural Entrepreneurship in Terms of the Literature: Definition Problems and Selected Research Issues

Cited by 11 publications

References 47 publications

Innovation and rural context: An exploratory case study of a small rural enterprise from the Czech Republic

Innovation and rural context: An exploratory case study of a small rural enterprise from the Czech Republic

An Agent-Based Modelling Approach for Assessing Entrepreneurial Intentions and Development Strategies in the Rural Hospitality Industry

Proceedings of SW21 The OR Society Simulation Workshop

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