Journal of the Community Development Society articles from October 2004

Journal of the Community Development Society archives from October 2004

Editor's comments.(Editorial)
October 1, 2004... This special issue on Entrepreneurship in Community Development is edited by Norman Walzer, a long time friend of community development and the Journal of the Community Development Society. We thank Norm for soliciting the articles, overseeing...

Introduction: entrepreneurship in community development.
October 1, 2004... Community development has become a complex endeavor as local public officials and public officials strive to respond to changes in economic activity and the needs of an increasingly diverse population. While the specific issues differ,...

Building entrepreneurial communities: the appropriate role of enterprise development activities.
October 1, 2004... ABSTRACT This article examines the concept of building entrepreneurial communities as a strategy for community economic development. It begins by attempting to define what is meant by the term "entrepreneurial community" and to clarify how...

Local entrepreneurship: a development model based on community interaction field theory.
October 1, 2004... ABSTRACT Local entrepreneurship shows great potential as an economic development strategy for rural communities with stagnating or declining economies. However, nascent entrepreneurs often lack knowledge of ways to actualize their ideas,...

Bonding social capital in entrepreneurial developing communities--survival networks or barriers?
October 1, 2004... ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the interaction between social capital and entrepreneurship in Aboriginal communities in Canada. Using statistical and interview data from three First Nations communities in northern Ontario, I examine if and...

Community innovation through entrepreneurship: grantmaking in Canadian community economic development.
October 1, 2004... ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationships among community innovation, entrepreneurship, knowledge, and grantmaking in the field of community economic development. The paper assesses the experience of the Community Economic Development...

From theory to action: energizing entrepreneurship (E2), strategies to aid distressed communities grow their own.
October 1, 2004... ABSTRACT The Heartland Center for Leadership Development and the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship propose a new approach to helping distressed communities build on their assets to grow their own jobs and businesses. Using lessons gleaned...

Micro businesses as an economic development tool: what they bring and what they need .
October 1, 2004... ABSTRACT Micro businesses, defined as having ten employees or less, represent a substantial sub-segment of all small businesses. As such, they are credited as a significant contributor to economic growth of a community. This research...

Promoting the 'civic' in entrepreneurship: the case of rural Slovakia.
October 1, 2004... ABSTRACT The literature on entrepreneurship emphasizes the importance of the characteristics of individual entrepreneurs, their social networks, and the broader economic, cultural and political institutional landscape. In Slovakia and many...

Familial networks and regional entrepreneurs in Northeast Mississippi's upholstered furniture industry.
October 1, 2004... ABSTRACT Using a sample of 75 owners, we examine the role of familial networks in the establishment and proliferation of the upholstered furniture industry in Northeast Mississippi. Our data show that strong familial and associational ties...