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  • Developing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

    Place, Processes, People

    Series series New Horizons in Regional Science series
    This insightful book examines the factors shaping the success of entrepreneurial ecosystems. While policymakers and academics are attracted to the potential of entrepreneurship for fostering growth and regional development, the mechanisms and processes that drive thriving ecosystems remain insufficiently understood. This book provides new perspectives on how the geographical and relational ... Read more

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  • Rural Entrepreneurship

    Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds

    Series Book 20 - Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research
    This edited collection showcases the evolution of rural entrepreneurship research over the first quarter of the 21st Century. Contributions examine what we have learnt about different aspects of rural entrepreneurship and what still needs to be understood. Each chapter looks for inspiration from the past to consider opportunities and challenges for the future. Critiques of current understandings ... Read more

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    Learning Across Disciplines, Cultures and Contexts

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  • The New Synthesis of Public Administration Fieldbook

    The New Synthesis (NS) brings together the role of government, people and society in a co-dependent and dynamic governing system. The purpose is to invent new solutions and build a better future - together. One thousand participants have been involved in some ways in the NS Initiativein the period between 2012-2015. One thousand journeys of discovery have been unfolding since. This second NS book ... Read more

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  • Managing Labour in Small Firms

    Series series Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
    The majority of employees currently working in the private sector are now employed in small firms, yet little is known about their working conditions. This collection of essays addresses this gap. Based on theoretical analysis supported by contemporary empirical evidence, the book explores key areas of the employment relationship adding a new perspective to our understanding of contemporary work. ... Read more

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  • The Short Guide to Community Development

    Series series Short Guides
    The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of community development, as well as practical guidance on how to do it.This is a key text for all ... Read more

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    Series series Short Guides
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  • Public Value

    Deepening, Enriching, and Broadening the Theory and Practice

    Over the last 10 years, the concept of value has emerged in both business and public life as part of an important process of measuring, benchmarking, and assuring the resources we invest and the outcomes we generate from our activities. In the context of public life, value is an important measure on the contribution to business and social good of activities for which strict financial measures are ... Read more

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  • Social Innovation and Social Policy

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    Social innovation has become a prominent theme in discussions of social policy reform across the world. This book examines why social innovation is important to social policy analysis. It discusses the theoretical and policy context of this concept; its origin and background; why it has emerged to prominence in recent years and how it has been applied.The book relates social innovation to key ... Read more

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    Increasing concerns over climate and environmental change, the global economic and financial crisis and impacts on host communities, audiences, participants and destinations has reinforced the need for more sustainable approaches to events. Sustainability now features as part of the bid process for many mega-events, such as the Olympic Games, as well as significant regional and local events, where ... Read more

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