Abstract
Entrepreneurial human capital and entrepreneurship are crucial elements for the further development of rural areas. In order to understand the role of rural enterprises it is essential to learn the characteristics of successful companies in local economies. The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate through the introduction of the activity, everyday practice and production procedure how non-agricultural and non-tourism enterprises can foster the development of rural and peripheral areas in the Visegrad countries. Nine local enterprises of different size, profile and development pathway were examined in order to highlight main experiences and lessons being vital for and adaptable in other disadvantaged areas. The results and company descriptions provided in the article are based on in-depth interviews, online data collection and statistical analyses.
Highlights
The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate through the introduction of the activity, everyday practice and production procedure how non-agricultural and non-tourism enterprises can foster the development of rural and peripheral areas in the Visegrad countries
Considering the role of ownership Courtney and Errington (2000) pointed out that independent enterprises source a higher proportion of their supplies locally and are more strongly linked to the local economy than bigger national and multinational ventures
International experience shows that the greater the gap between the local supply and the demand for intermediate goods, the stronger the non-local economic behaviour of firms
Summary
2015, volume 39, pp. 103–128 http://dx.doi.org/10.7163/SOW.39.7 komisja obszarów wiejskich polskie towarzystwo geograficzne www.ptg.pan.pl instytut geografii i przestrzennego zagospodarowania polska akademia nauk www.igipz.pan.pl Tamás Egedy1 • Denis Cerić2 • Michał Konopski2 • Silvie Rita Kučerová3 Marián Kulla4 • Janetta Nestorová-Dická4 • Romana Svobodová3
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