Development Of Entrepreneurship In Rural Areas Research Articles

Stimulating the development of entrepreneurship in rural areas: Theoretical-legal characteristics

The relevance of the study is due to the urgent need to form a qualitatively updated legal field in entrepreneurship development in rural areas as one of the determining factors for the growth of the welfare of the population and the motivation of the economically active stratum to employment in rural areas. The purpose of the study is to define the category “stimulating the development of entrepreneurship in rural areas” and determine the tasks and fundamental principles of this activity. Achieving this goal was made possible by a comprehensive analysis of theoretical sources and provisions of current and future legislation. As a result of the study conducted, the author’s definition of the concept of “stimulating the development of entrepreneurship and rural areas” is formulated through its understanding as a set of measures of legal regulation and national policy. The purpose of these measures is to simplify the procedure for creating business entities and the procedure for conducting business activities within rural areas, which will increase the economic attractiveness of business in rural areas. The expansion of the field of stimulating business activities in rural areas that are not related to the production of agricultural products is considered promising, which is especially important in the realities of finding additional ways to support the population in the conditions of war and post-war reconstruction. The principles of stimulating the development of entrepreneurship in rural areas, on which legislation in this area and the regulation of relevant relations should be based, are defined. The practical importance of the study lies in the fact that it can become a source for formulating the content of regulatory acts in the field of stimulating the development of entrepreneurship in rural areas.

The Role of Crafts in the Development of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas

The aim of the article is to indicate the need for a diagnosis of socio-cultural conditions of running a craft business by women. Local handicraft, culinary traditions, etc. are also an important resource for the development of women’s entrepreneurship with a craft profile. The problems of the article include the ‘common set’ of two research areas: crafts and women’s entrepreneurship in rural areas. The focus of the paper will be on the issue of the functioning of crafts in rural areas based on an empirical analysis of the scale of functioning of craft enterprises run by women. Concurrently, the subject outlined in this way is related to other issues, such as counteracting depopulation of rural areas based on the activation of local entrepreneurship. The potential of women’s entrepreneurship development in rural areas should also be indicated, among others, by tightening cooperation between Country Housewives’ Associations (koła gospodyń wiejskich, KGWs) and crafts organisations.
 The social effects of cooperation between crafts and KGWs will result in stimulation of entrepreneurship (especially female entrepreneurship) in rural areas, which will then contribute to rural development. These effects support the creation of new forms of small and medium entrepreneurship corresponding to social economy, which are defined as an element of creative economy. This will trigger the process of creating new jobs and may constitute an important mode of support for vocational education, increasing the chance for the local youth to smoothly enter the labour market. Likewise, the generation of local human and social capital resources cannot be overestimated. By mobilising and integrating key actors in the area, it will contribute to better management of local resources.

Structural and functional principles of entrepreneurship development in rural areas

Structural and functional principles of entrepreneurship development in rural areas

Tourism and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Development in Rural Areas of Central Hamadan

Tourism and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Development in Rural Areas of Central Hamadan

Evaluation of Barriers to Tourism Entrepreneurship Development in Rural Areas (Case Study: Tourism Target Villages - Chaldoran County, Iran)

Purpose- Development of the tourism industry in a proper way, followed by the promotion of tourism entrepreneurship, calls for adequate knowledge and understanding of the barriers and problems in this matter. In this regard, the present study tried to evaluate the barriers to the development of tourism entrepreneurship in tourism target villages of Chaldoran County. Design/methodology/approach- The current study is descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and method, and applied according to its objectives. The statistical population in this study includes people living in villages targeted for tourism. To study this population, 212 questionnaires were arranged based on the modified Cochran's formula. Information and data were collected in 2018 using library and field studies (observation and completion of a questionnaire). After collecting information through questionnaires using simple random sampling, the data obtained after coding were analyzed by SPSS and Amos softwares applying descriptive and analytical statistical approaches. Findings- The results showed that all the studied factors were effective in the failure of tourism entrepreneurship. Nevertheless, social barriers with a correlation coefficient of 1, physical and economic barriers with a coefficient of 0.91 had the greatest impact on barriers to tourism entrepreneurship in tourism target villages. Practical implications- Rural tourism entrepreneurship, regarding the natural and cultural capacities in the villages, can play an important role in revitalizing the villages, creating employment and income for the people, protecting the natural, historical and cultural heritage, and finally providing integrated and sustainable rural development, because rural tourism is one of the types of tourism whose sustainable form in various economic, social and environmental dimensions, paves the way for achieving sustainable development of local communities.

Effective factors in rural entrepreneurship development: A case study of villages in the central district of Bardaskan city

<p>In the last few decades, entrepreneurship as a strategy in the development and prosperity of human societies has turned into an unmatched alternative through which all factors, resources and facilities of a society are spontaneously mobilized through being placed in an evolutionary process in order to achieve high social ideals so that they become the source of many positive socio-economic consequences. Considering the importance of rural settlements in the national and regional space, the main purpose of the present study is to investigate the factors influencing rural entrepreneurship development at the villages in the central district of Bardaskan city. This research is an applied study in terms of purpose and a descriptive-analytical study in terms of methodology. Data has been collected through questionnaire and field survey. The research statistical population comprised 22 villages with over 100 inhabitants in the central district of Bardaskan, In the present study, which with regard to the limited statistical population (number of villages including above 100 people), sampling was not performed and all the villages of this district were considered as the sample population. The population of these 22 villages in 2016 amounted to 10,331 people in the form of 3,636 households, which by calculating through the modified Cochran formula, 374 households were obtained. The number of questionnaires for each village was determined in proportion to the population of each village. Then, selection of households at the village level was done through simple random sampling method so that the principle of equal opportunity to choose households was observed. Its validity was approved based on the expert opinion through content and Delphi methods and its reliability was calculated and confirmed through study of the guidebook and using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (70%-85%). Finally, the collected data was analyzed in the SPSS software environment using one-sample sign test ‎‏and Friedman test. According to the results obtained from the one-sample sign test, it was found that factors of the existence of infrastructure facilities and services, government measures and support and the required capital supply with first to second priorities and an average of 4.65, standard deviation of 0.49 and significance level of 0.0001 are effective in entrepreneurship development in rural areas.<strong></strong></p>

Efficiency of EU financial support policy for development of rural entrepreneurship in Poland

The main research objective was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness, in some theoretical approaches considered as a type of efficiency, of EU financial support affecting the entrepreneurship development in rural areas of Poland. Descriptive and comparative analysis of basic statistics and Gini coefficient as well as the econometric model of absolute beta convergence were applied as e research methods. The analysis utilised the data from Central Statistical Office, Local Data Bank, for 2004-2013 for 1,529 rural counties. General conclusion of the paper is that EU financial support had a positive and statistically significant impact on local absolute beta convergence. Moreover, the analyses confirmed that the higher level of support from the EU budget accelerates an increase in the number of private enterprises, micro-enterprises and the number of the employees. It also slows down the processes of growth in the number of the unemployed. However this is the short-time effect.