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Journal articles on the topic "Small-scale entrepreneurship"

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Sikana, Alinaswe, Amanda Percy Kinsi, and Mia Torres-Dela Cruz Illiana Azizan. "Business Intelligence for Small-Scale IT-Based Entrepreneurship in Malaysia." International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Special Issue, Special Issue-ICAEIT2017 (November 30, 2018): 217–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd19143.

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Amin Salim, Ruhul. "Modelling entrepreneurship in small-scale enterprises." Applied Economics Letters 12, no. 1 (January 15, 2005): 51–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350485042000307071.

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Eze, Felicia, Murat Akyüz, and Opusunju Michael Isaac. "Effect of Strategic Intent on Performance of Small and Medium Scale Printing Press Firms in Abuja, Nigeria." Entrepreneurship Review 1, no. 2 (September 18, 2020): 26–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.38157/entrepreneurship-review.v1i2.166.

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Purpose: This study investigates the effect of strategic intent on the performance of small and medium scale printing firms in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria. Methods: The population of the study included all the small and medium scale printing press in Abuja which is 226 and the sample size of 68. A multiple regression model was formulated to estimate the effect of strategic intent (vision, mission, and objectives) on performance (growth) of small and medium scale printing press firms in Abuja. The study also adopted a control variable such as finance to have a better coefficient of determination. Findings: The study found that strategic intent had a positive and significant effect on the growth of small and medium scale printing press firms in Nigeria. The study also found that finance (collateral, access to finance, and insufficient finance) had a negative and insignificant effect on the growth of small and medium scale printing press firms in Nigeria. Implication: Small and medium printing press firms in Abuja, FCT should communicate their vision, mission statement, and objectives to their employees. The microfinance banks in collaboration with the central bank of Nigeria should minimize collateral conditions in obtaining microcredit from microfinance banks.
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Palanivelu, V. R., and D. Manikandan. "Small Scale Industries in Entrepreneurship Development of India." Asian Journal of Research in Business Economics and Management 5, no. 12 (2015): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2249-7307.2015.00205.4.

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Berhe Sbhatu, Desta, Haftom Baraki Abraha, and Hiluf Tekle Fisseha. "Grey Oyster Mushroom Biofarm for Small-Scale Entrepreneurship." Advances in Agriculture 2019 (May 22, 2019): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6853627.

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This paper reports the productivity of a small-scale pilot biofarm of grey oyster mushroom (Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) Sing.). The pilot was tested in Mekelle city (Ethiopia) in a brick-walled dark room. Growing structures were constructed by erecting three wood poles and fixing them with three wooden side bars at multiple locations to make a prism-shaped rack with multiple triangular open shelves, each capable of carrying one bag of spawned substrate. Mushroom substrates were prepared from maize stalk and wheat bran supplement. Pasteurized chopped maize stalk and wheat bran were mixed at the ratio of 10:0, 9:1, 8:2, and 7:3—yielding four treatments. Five kilograms of substrate was taken from each treatment and was mixed with one kilogram of gypsum to produce a growing mass. Each mass was spawned with 200 g of inoculum under aseptic conditions and put in polyethylene bags. The treatments were replicated thrice and the bags were put on the growth racks in completely randomized design. The growing room was maintained at optimum conditions. Maize stalk substrates supplemented with 10% and 20% of wheat bran have resulted in statistically comparable productivities but statistically significantly higher than those grown on nonsupplemented and highly supplemented maize stalk substrates (p ≤ 0.05). The ingenuity of the design and the convenience of the construction of the racks, the availability of the substrates, and the simplicity of the management and maintenance of the biofarm rendered the piloted design suitable for home-based and small- and medium-scale mushroom biofarm entrepreneurship.
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Muhammad, Lawal. "Women Entrepreneurs and Survival of Small Scale Enterprises in Nigeria." Journal of Research in Emerging Markets 1, no. 1 (April 8, 2019): 10–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.30585/jrems.v1i1.314.

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This research set out to analyze the women entrepreneurs and survival of small–scale enterprises in Nigeria. The objective of this paper is to determine the extent of women entrepreneurs and survival of SSEs in Nigeria. One Hundred and Twenty Eight (128) questionnaires were retrieved for analysis. Data collected were analyzed using multiple regressions. The results revealed that Women entrepreneurs experience and women entrepreneurs’ level of education have significant effect on the survival of small scale enterprises in Nigeria. The study therefore, concluded that an increase in training or improvement in the activities of women entrepreneurship will lead to a significant increase in the maintenance and sustainability of SSEs in Nigeria. This paper recommended that since, women entrepreneurs experience and high level of education led to the survival of SSEs in Nigeria therefore, the Nigerian government should provide an avenue for adequate funding, training on entrepreneurship, provision of infrastructural facilities and enabling environment in order to enhance the women entrepreneurial activities as this would translate to increase in an income generation, provision of employment and reduction of poverty in Nigeria. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Women Entrepreneurs, Small Scale Enterprises, Women Entrepreneurship and Survival.
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Jedik, Andrej, Aldona Stalgienė, Marju Aamisepp, Valda Bratka, and Marcin Zekalo. "The comparison of entrepreneurship ability of dairy farms in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland." Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development 36, no. 3 (October 14, 2014): 516–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/mts.2014.048.

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According to the agricultural Census data, dairy farms with less than 20 cows (small-scale dairy farms) have the biggest share of dairy farms structure in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland. It leads to the importance of entrepreneurship ability evaluation in small-scale farms among these countries. However, there are no researches about comparison of entrepreneurship ability of small-scale farms among mentioned countries. The article investigates a comparison of the farmers’ entrepreneurship ability in small-scale dairy farms in mentioned countries by using distribution terms. The aim of the article is to perform calculations of small-scale dairy farms’ entrepreneurship ability for each country, give comparison analysis of the data among countries and estimate fitted distributions of entrepreneurship ability for further modelling purposes. The entrepreneurship ability and fitted distributions are evaluated by using optimization methods. The complex comparison method is also provided to show the general situation of the dairy farms in the selected countries. The results of the investigation show that Poland takes relatively the best position in the dairy farms’ economy. Latvia and Estonia take up relatively weaker positions. The calculation of the entrepreneurship indicators for each country shows that Estonian farmers have the highest entrepreneurship ability level. Two third of Estonian small-scale dairy farms’ correspond the entrepreneurship of 0.8 and a higher level. Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish dairy farms’ owners have similar average entrepreneurship ability (0.6–0.7) with different standard deviations. The best fitted distributions for all countries are normal and truncated normal distributions.
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Ogechukwu, Ayozie Daniel. "Entrepreneurial developments and small scale industry contribution to Nigerian national development- A marketing interface." Information Management and Business Review 1, no. 2 (December 15, 2010): 51–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v1i2.872.

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In both developed and developing countries, the government is turning to small and medium scale industries and entrepreneurs, as a means of economic development and a veritable means of solving problems. It is a seedbed of innovations, inventions and employment. Entrepreneurship is as old as Nigeria and had contributed to the growth of the economy. Presently in Nigeria, SMEs assist in promoting the growth of the country’s economy, hence all the levels of government at different times have policies which promote the growth and sustenance of SMEs. This paper identifies the orientation of SME’s and entrepreneurial trends in Nigeria, tackles the operational definition and scopes, and describes the role of the Nigerian government as a participant, regulator and facilitator, both legally and politically in the growth of SMEs and entrepreneurship. It identifies the marketing problems of SMEs and entrepreneurships in Nigeria, the provision and enactment of beneficial and supportive laws, the provision of infrastructural facilities, constant man-power and development, direct financial assistance to SMEs and the establishment of finance institutions to support SMEs. It identifies the roles of SMEs in Nigeria’s development and growth. It discusses the entrepreneurial thoughts, problems and advance practical marketing solution. It concludes by clearly specifying the role of marketing to the survival of SMEs and entrepreneurship in Nigeria, and relevant recommendations. For SMEs to survive marketing practice and principles must be given prominence.
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Hilson, Gavin, Abigail Hilson, and Roy Maconachie. "Opportunity or necessity? Conceptualizing entrepreneurship at African small-scale mines." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 131 (June 2018): 286–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.12.008.

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Orru, Marco, Richard P. Taub, and Doris L. Taub. "Entrepreneurship in India's Small-Scale Industries: An Exploration of Social Contexts." Contemporary Sociology 19, no. 5 (September 1990): 695. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2072332.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Small-scale entrepreneurship"

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Boateng, Seth Dankyi. "Analysis of entrepreneurship activities among small-scale farming communities in Ghana." Thesis, University of Reading, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485502.

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The purpose of this research is to determine why some people in rural communities of Ghana establish new enterprises while others continue in traditional farming. Both individuals who have established their enterprises and those who have not were interviewed using interview schedules and recording of life stories, and the data was analysed qualitatively. Findings indicate that through social interaction rural entrepreneurs identify opportunities to acquire expertise, opportunity to apply the expertise to produce new goods and services, and opportunities to regenerate latent skills for new enterprise establishment as the main opportunities available for new enterprise establishment. These opportunities improve upon entrepreneurs' ability to use available technical innovations for new enterprise establishment. The research identified the following broad conditions that respondents met while establishing their new enterprises: opportunity recognition, resource mobilisation, information search, production/service delivery method selection, enterprise size selection and enterprise establishment. Activities that entrepreneurs undertake while establishing their enterprises are influenced by entrepreneurs' previous expertise, entrepreneurs' marital status, gender, the nature of parental support, availability of technological innovation in the communities among others. The research identified that factors that promote entrepreneurship among rural communities involved in this study are different from those of developed and urban societies. Factors such as relevant technological innovations, ready markets, availability of both financial and material resources, expertise from previous organisations and educational institutions promote new enterprise establishment in urban and developed societies. On the other hand, expertise from socialisation process, dependence on parental material and human resources, and the notion that one's own enterprise is the only means by which one can escape from subsistence livelihood are factors that promote entrepreneurship in the study societies. For the entrepreneurs within the study communities, it is not the recognition of social values embedded in technological innovations that motivates them to initiate entrepreneurial activities, rather it is the possession of relevant expertise (especially domestic expertise), parental encouragement, and the need to escape from subsistence livelihood.
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De, Luisa Iker. "Entrepreneurship in Mexico : the management of information in rural small-scale firms." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313204.

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Quintana, Julio. "Small-scale wave motion energy generator : Technical & Business parallel development." Thesis, KTH, Kraft- och värmeteknologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-158975.

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This MSc thesis was a project performed in a start-up that develops sustainable devices to exploit renewable energies, specifically in the field of energy harvesting in small scale. The objective of the thesis is to demonstrate the importance of developing the technical side of a project together with the development of the market. The idea is to enhance the success possibilities and work to get to the market as fast as possible with a minimum sellable product using the resources as efficiently as possible. The market analysis was the first step to be performed to understand what the start-up was getting into, at the beginning it was clear that the generator should be targeted to power remote applications that require small amounts of energy and a market that is not suitable for present technologies such as solar PV or micro wind turbines. After this a series of potential markets were identified in order to limit the research and three opportunities were selected. The buoy market was chosen, it has several sub-markets and the AtoN buoys, Fishing buoys and Meteorological buoys were considered the most important and suitable ones. Once the market was defined, the needs of the clients and users were discovered through research in the form of interviews and bibliographical research. Later on an experimental rig was used to test several models of the prototype under different parameters to select one that was close to what was demanded and that can actually be built. This approach was useful to dedicate resources efficiently, specially time and money. The last part of the thesis was to propose a sustainable business model describing a go-to-market strategy that considered both the limitations of the technology and the testing performed in the scope of this project and the expectations of the market for the proposed product. The methodology was a mixed use of business tools learned in the courses and the experiences of the people who were close to the start-up. There is a final reflection at the conclusions that describe the day-to-day of the start-up and the experiences learned as well as the recommendations for future work.
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Mkubukeli, Zandisile. "Challenges and prospects for small-scale mining entrepreneurs in South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2047.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.
Small-scale mining entrepreneurs are confronted with a variety of challenges during both the start-up and growth phase of their businesses not only in South Africa, but all over the world. Most small-scale mining entrepreneurs are not able to take advantage of the opportunities that are available to them. This retards the growth of their businesses. The aim of this study was to investigate the challenges and prospects for small-scale mining entrepreneurs in South Africa, the support structures available to them as well as the factors that could make them successful. The research problem in this study is that the mining sector is biased towards more established companies and against small-scale mining entrepreneurial operations, which marginalises small-scale mining entrepreneurs. Despite being a significant source of revenue for South Africa, the mining sector does not directly benefit the historically disadvantaged people. Notwithstanding government interventions, small-scale mining entrepreneurs face numerous challenges during both the business start-up and growth phase of their businesses with very few prospects of succeeding. This is a qualitative study that uses a series of face-to-face interviews with mining entrepreneurs in South Africa to generate data. Given that small-scale mining entrepreneurs are in most cases part of the informal sector and difficult to locate, a database of small-scale mining entrepreneurs was obtained from Mintek. Initially, 21 small-scale mining entrepreneurs were randomly selected to participate in this study. However, it soon became apparent that ten of them were no longer in business. This meant that the sample was reduced to eleven mining entrepreneurs, located in four provinces: Free State, KZN, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. The findings of this research reveal that small-scale mining entrepreneurs are handicapped by a lack of financial and technical resources, and therefore cannot purchase capital items. It seems that there are good prospects for small-scale mining, particularly in open markets. However, they are unable to exploit these prospects because they lack the necessary finance. Although there are support structures to assist them, they find it difficult to meet the criteria for loans or overdraft facilities from financial institutions. Although these mining entrepreneurs have benefited from the support they have received thus far, they need equipment and commitment to their businesses to remain successful. A series of recommendations are made to guide small-scale mining entrepreneurs already in business, prospective small-scale mining entrepreneurs and other stakeholder’s interested in transforming the industry.
Zandisile Holdings (Pty) Ltd National Research Foundation Mauerberger Foundation
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Aikhuomogbe, Samuel Omonowa. "Preparing Employees for Entrepreneurship in Retirement: A Case Study." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2914.

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In Nigeria, 92% of retirees live in poverty because of insufficient preparation for entrepreneurship that could serve as an alternative income in retirement. Guided by the human capital theory, the purpose of this case study was to explore how 15 civil service employees in Grade Levels 15-17 at the public service attained small scale business information before retirement. All employees had knowledge, training, and experience in small-scale business operation. Fifteen employees participated in individual interviews and 5 participated in a focus group; data were also gathered from, employee training records, organizational policy documents on training, and public service documents regarding capacity building. Using Yin's 5 step data analysis process, member checking, and triangulation, key findings emerged on financial institutions, mentoring, and vocational training opportunities as avenues employees can attain small scale business information required for entrepreneurship. The study findings may create awareness on how employees can attain small scale business information regarding sources of funding, mentorship, and vocational training during their final years of employment. This awareness may promote positive social change by preparing these individuals for entrepreneurship in retirement, thereby reducing the rate of post-retirement poverty.
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Iddi, Mangi Namini Scholasticka. "Gender and small-scale enterprises following economic reforms: a case study of Dar-Es-Salaam." University of the Western Cape, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7795.

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This study is about Gender and small-scale enterprises following recent economic reforms in Tanzania. It deals with a case study of women entrepreneurs in Dar-es- Salaam, focusing on their prospects and problems, and the mechanisms they use to survive in a competitive free market. There is concern among policy analysts and gender activists that the economic reforms have negatively affected women entrepreneurs more than their male counterparts (Tibaijuka, 1992). However, these concerns have not yet been substantiated through detailed empirical evidence. The findings of my study reveal that it is a combination of factors which lead women entrepreneurs to establish small-scale enterprises. These motivating reasons are to fulfil the needs of their families such as school fees of their children. Similarly, Tanzanian women entrepreneurs start a small business so as to supplement their insufficient incomes, achieve independence and as a substitute to paid employment. However, they experience a variety of problems, such as the lack of business premises, high rental costs at commercial areas, competition, lack of start-up and working capital from banks and micro-financial institutions, lack of information, and bureaucracy around business licenses. Women entrepreneurs have developed various tactics to handle such difficulties they encounter in their businesses. These are: locating their enterprises in near or around their homes, employing relatives and other people, charging competitive and differentiated prices, diversifying their businesses, working for extra hours, and establishing informal credit associations. The recommendations are: the government should clarify and shorten the procedures of licenses and business premises acquisition, provide more commercial areas with cheaper rentals. Similarly, the government should be sympathetic towards women when it formulates and implements its developmental policies, women should be informed about available training opportunities. Future studies should investigate a larger sample of women entrepreneurs in small-scale enterprises involved in other sectors using the feminist research methods.
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Agbobli, Edem Korku. "The influence of entrepreneurial and market orientations on small scale agricultural enterprises in the Vryburg region." Thesis, Bloemfontein: Central University of Technology, Free State, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/223.

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Thesis (D. Tech. (Business Administration )) - Central University of Technology, Free State, 2013.
A major concern for developing countries including South Africa is the high levels of unemployment, poverty and inequity. Developing countries have accordingly been pre-occupied with finding solutions to these problems. Drawing on the success of small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) from the developed countries such as the US and the UK, developing nations have embraced the idea of promoting development through SMMEs. But the overall performance of the small business sector in most developing countries has rather been dismal and as such have not been able to contribute optimally to the development agenda. Adopting a strategic management perspective, this study hypothesised that an integration of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and market orientations (MO) glued together by innovativeness (INNO) would yield superior outcomes than the stand-alone effects of these strategic postures. To test the hypothesis, a sample of 198 small scale agricultural enterprises (SSAEs) in the Vryburg region was surveyed. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were performed on the data generated. The empirical findings showed that EO + MO + INNO interactively exhibited positive and significant correlation with the performance (sales growth and profitability) of SSAEs in the Vryburg region. However, the inter-correlations of EO + MO + INNO with business performance were practically moderate. The moderate correlations create opportunities for strengthening the entrepreneurial and market orientations and innovativeness of SSAES and in fact small businesses in general. An intensive and co-ordinated intervention of government and NGOs in transforming the small business sector into the real engine of growth of the economy is imperative. The study also attempted to predict firm performance holding EO + EO + INNO as predictor variables. Multi linear regression and multinomial logistic regression analysis however did not yield significant predictions of performance of SSAEs. This outcome provides a launch pad for further research into the proposed model in different settings because this study was mainly exploratory and executed in a rural and agricultural environments. Notwithstanding, the study made important contributions to the literature. It showed that it was possible to integrate EO + MO + INNO (previously viewed by many authors as exclusive constructs) into a single business model for the synergic enhancement of small business performance. It is hoped this would stimulate economic growth and development especially in developing countries.
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Danell, Torbjörn. "Entreprenörskap i industrialismens gränsområde? : en studie av lokala förutsättningar och företagarnätverk i Skelleftebygden under 1800- och 1900-talen." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekonomisk historia, 2000. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-68457.

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Today's research into entrepreneurship focuses largely on the influence of small-scale business enterpriseon regional development. How has this appeared from an historical perspective, and has small-scaleentrepreneurship been an important prerequisite of regional development? This dissertation is a casestudy and illuminates how changes in the local environment influence entrepreneurship in conjunctionwith new relationships and conditions over a protracted period of economic transformation. It analyses aninteraction between different factors at local level over a long period of time between changes ineconomic conditions and changes in the socio-cultural sphere from which the development of localentrepreneurship has benefited. In this interaction between such factors as the economic and sociocultural,new demarcation phenomena can arise in the enterprise culture. Such a demarcationphenomenon is whether the local environment in the Skellefteå region creates, to a greater extent than inother regions, a propensity to develop entrepreneurship in industrial enterprises. Norrland has often beencharacterised as a region of Sweden where lack of entrepreneurship has been considerable and animportant partial explanation of the economic problems of that province. How well does such anobservation accord with the facts, and is it the case that entrepreneurship has difficulty in developing inperipheral parts of the country because conditions are not good enough?The dissertation studies changes in business enterprise, business networks and entrepreneurship in aregion situated in the northern part of Sweden, i.e. in the Skellefteå region. The case study may beregarded as an attempt to test a thesis about how local entrepreneurship can develop in a region over aprotracted period. When the great international Boliden corporation was established in the 1930s, wasthere, either already or alongside it, a tradition of local entrepreneurship which subsequently developed inunison with the expansion of the corporation?The study shows that even at the beginning of the 1930s, there was already a more elaborateenterprise environment than was previously known, and that important changes occurred at an early stagein the entrepreneurial network which was built up in the region. What the study also shows is that theenterprise culture which developed in the Skellefteå region was largely a result of a combination ofNorrland and other entrepreneurial traditions for example from Småland. In this encounter at local levelbetween entrepreneurs from different peripheral parts of Sweden, where domestic manufactures andoccupational versatility had been prominent features, entrepreneurship did develop. The study gives aninsight into how local business networks can be changed and linked together in new constellations duringperiods of economic transformation. The results indicate that small-scale entrepreneurship is an importantprerequisite of regional development.
digitalisering@umu
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Avuletey, Richard. "Analysis of technical efficiency of small-scale maize producers: a case study in Tsolo magisterial district in O.R Tambo district in the Eastern Cape of South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1016191.

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Maize is the most important cereal crop grown in South Africa. This crop is produced throughout the country under diverse conditions and in diverse environments. The study only focuses on technical efficiency because it is an important subject in developing agriculture where resources are limited, but high population growth is very common. In such a setting, increased output will depend more on efficiency improvements and assessing the scope for such efficiency improvements within the system is a crucial need. The objective of the study was to determine the level of technical efficiency and to identify the socio-economic and institutional characteristics as well as the entrepreneurial spirit that influence the technical efficiency of small-scale maize producers in the Tsolo magisterial district. Purposive and Snowball sampling techniques were used to collect primary data from 120 small-scale farmers. The stochastic frontier model was used to determine the level of technical efficiency. The Multivariate OLS was used to analyze the socio-economic factors and institutional characteristics that have influenced the technical efficiency of maize production. A similar linear regression model was used to estimate the influence of positive psychological capital and entrepreneurial spirit on the technical efficiency of maize production. The stochastic results revealed that small-scale farmers in Tsolo are technically efficient at 98 percent in maize production and experience increasing return to scale (1.37), which means that increase in the use of inputs, will as well increase their productivity and efficiency. The inefficiency model results indicated that age, years in farming, household size and extension contact significant and 3 variables, namely, as years in farming, extension contact and farm size are significant in the OLS model. Lastly the results of the linear regression indicated that, out of the 4 variables estimated in the entrepreneurial spirit, self-efficacy and resilience were significant with respect to its responsiveness to total maize output.
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Torkko, M. (Margit). "Maatilakytkentäisten yritysten toimintamalleja:laadullinen tutkimus resursseista, kehittymisestä ja ohjaustarpeista." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2006. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514280628.

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Abstract Currently there is a significant change occurring in the area of Finnish agriculture. The amount of farms is decreasing while the average farm size is increasing. Farms have sought for additional income sources outside of agriculture. Already one third of Finnish farms take part in other business activities in addition to agriculture. The main objective of this doctoral thesis is to increase the understanding of the activities of farm related businesses and to find factors by which their development can be promoted. The subject is analysed from a business management point of view. The thesis covers strategies, business models, resource based theory, business development, factors affecting development, problems, and a need for external support. This study follows the hermeneutic approach. The subject under study is complex and diversified, thus, it is approached qualitatively. The farm related case firms (18 in all) represent food processing, tourism, and machine contracting. Farm related enterprises are a heterogeneous group. Some common features were, however, identified in the case firms. The research confirms earlier knowledge indicating that farm related firms have stronger skills in production than in marketing. There are no official strategy processes in use and the strategic planning and strategy implementation are closer to those of the entrepreneurial school. The resource analysis shows that the resources giving competitive advantage to firms with different business ideas vary even within the same business sector. The research confirms the viewpoint that additional business is not simply a transition stage from agriculture to other business activities, but both of them can be active in parallel. The research shows that there are differences between additional business sectors relating to how easy it is to run the business. Machine contracting seems to pose the least problems compared to the other sectors analysed in this study. The research shows that the entrepreneurs do not recognise the reasons behind the problems. The diversified business practises result in a feeling of being insufficient, especially when the farm takes a part of the resources. Farm related businesses should, even to a greater extent than other small firms, focus their business activities. This research lays a foundation for understanding the business models, resources, and development paths of the farm related businesses and gives recommendations for how to promote additional businesses on farms
Tiivistelmä Suomen maataloudessa on meneillään voimakas rakennemuutos. Maatilojen määrä vähenee ja tilojen keskikoko kasvaa. Tilat etsivät uusia toimeentulolähteitä maatalouden ulkopuolisista toiminnoista. Jo kolmannes Suomen maatiloista harjoittaa myös muuta yritystoimintaa maa- ja metsätalouden lisäksi. Tämän väitöskirjan päätavoitteena on lisätä ymmärrystä maatilakytkentäisten yritysten toiminnasta ja kehittymisestä sekä löytää tekijöitä, joilla niiden kehittymistä voidaan edistää. Asiaa lähestytään liikkeenjohdon näkökulmasta, minkä sisällä tarkastellaan strategiaa, liiketoimintamalleja, resurssiperusteista teoriaa, muun yritystoiminnan kehittymistä, kehittymiseen vaikuttavia tekijöitä, ongelmia sekä ulkopuolisen avun tarvetta. Tässä väitöskirjassa esitettävä tutkimus on lähtökohdiltaan hermeneuttista. Tutkittava aihe on moni-ilmeinen, joten sitä lähestytään kvalitatiivisesti. Tutkimus on pääosin deskriptiivistä, vaikka lopussa esitetään suosittelevia johtopäätöksiä. Aineistossa mukana olevat maatilakytkentäiset yritykset (yhteensä 18) edustavat elintarvikkeiden jatkojalostusta, matkailua ja koneurakointia. Maatilakytkentäisten yritysten joukko on heterogeeninen. Aineiston yrityksistä tunnistettiin kuitenkin joitain tyypillisiä piirteitä. Asiakaskunta on maantieteellisesti suppealla alueella ja strategiavalintana on erikoistuminen. Yritysten strategia ja toiminta ovat rönsyileviä. Tutkimus vahvistaa aikaisempaa tietoa siitä, että maatilakytkentäiset yritykset ovat enemmän tuotanto- kuin markkinointiosaajia. Yrityksissä ei ole käytössä virallisia strategiaprosesseja, vaan strategian suunnittelu ja toteutus ovat lähimpänä yrittäjyyskoulukuntaa. Tutkimus vahvistaa aikaisempaa tietoa siitä, että muun yritystoiminnan pääasiallisena tavoitteena on jatkuva ja vakaa tulovirta viljelijäperheelle. Resurssien tarkastelu osoittaa, että eri liikeidealla toimivilla yrityksillä kilpailuetua tuovat resurssit vaihtelevat myös toimialan sisällä. Tutkimus vahvistaa näkökantaa, että muu yritystoiminta ei ole pelkkä siirtymävaihe maataloudesta yritystoimintaan, vaan niitä voidaan harjoittaa myös yhdessä. Tutkimus osoittaa muun yritystoiminnan toimialan vaikuttavan toiminnan ongelmallisuuteen sekä maatilan kehittymiseen. Urakointi vaikuttaa ongelmattomimmalta muihin aineistossa mukana olleisiin aloihin verrattuna. Yrittäjät kokevat useimmiten ongelmalliseksi markkinoinnin, pääoman sitoutumisen ja ajan puutteen. Tutkimuksen mukaan yrittäjät eivät tunnista ongelmiensa syitä. Aineiston perusteella voidaan todeta, että avuntarpeen taustalla on liikkeenjohdollisten työkalujen käytön puute ja toimintatapa. Toiminnan hajanaisuus johtaa riittämättömyyden tunteeseen, varsinkin kun maatila vie osan resursseista. Maatilakytkentäisten yritysten tulisikin jopa normaalia pienyritystä tarkemmin rajata toimintaansa. Tutkimus luo pohjaa maatilakytkentäisten yritysten toimintatavan, resurssien ja kehityspolkujen tuntemukselle sekä esittää suosituksia, millä tavoin maatilojen harjoittamaa muuta yritystoimintaa tulisi edistää
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Books on the topic "Small-scale entrepreneurship"

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Kumar, D. Narendra. Entrepreneurship in small-scale sector. New Delhi: Discovery Pub. House, 1995.

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C, Gupta M. Entrepreneurship in small scale industries. New Delhi, India: Anmol Publications, 1987.

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Khanka, S. S. Entrepreneurship in small scale industries. Bombay: Himalaya Pub. House, 1990.

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G, M. TIBET BAQAL. ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT & SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES. J&K,Srinagar: kitab mahal publications, 2008.

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Jalal, R. S. Industrial entrepreneurship in small scale industries. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 1991.

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Panda, Shiba Charan. Entrepreneurship development in small scale industries. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 1996.

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Bulian, Giovanni, and Yasushi Nakano. Small-scale Fisheries in Japan. Venice: Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-226-0.

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This collection of essays brings together a range of critical approaches, from varying disciplinary backgrounds, to provide an in-depth overview of the past and current status of small-scale fisheries in Japan. The book attempts to map out some of the major themes relating to community-based fisheries-management systems, environmental sustainability, lottery systems for allocating fishing spots, fishing livelihoods, local knowledge, social vulnerability to environmental hazards, socioeconomic factors affecting small-scale fisheries development, history of destructive fishing practices, women’s entrepreneurship in the seafood sector, traditional leadership systems, religious festivals, and power relationship between local communities and government agencies. The aim of this book is then to provide a comprehensive and multifaceted analysis of the cultural richness of this fishing sector, which still plays a key role in the broad academic debates focused on the potential small-scale fishery trajectories within the context of global scenarios.
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Taub, Richard P. Entrepreneurship in India's small-scale industries: An exploration of social contexts. New Delhi: Manohar Publications, 1989.

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Chavdarova, Tani︠a︡. Sot︠s︡ialna vgradenost na drebnoto predpriemachestvo: Social embeddedness of small-scale entrepreneurship. Sofii︠a︡: Universitetsko izdatelstvo "Sv. Kliment Okhridski", 2014.

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Awasthi, Dinesh N. Entrepreneurship training and its role in promoting small scale industry in India. New Delhi: National Council of Applied Economic Research, 1995.

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Matsoso, Mamorena Lucia, and Chux Gervase Iwu. "Women and Small Scale Entrepreneurship." In Introduction to Gender Studies in Eastern and Southern Africa, 197–213. Rotterdam: SensePublishers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-558-6_11.

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Singh, Priyanka, and J. Singh. "Sugarcane and Sugar Diversification: Opportunities for Small-Scale Entrepreneurship." In Sugar and Sugar Derivatives: Changing Consumer Preferences, 241–51. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6663-9_15.

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Subrahmanya, M. H. Bala, and Rumki Majumdar. "Entrepreneurship and Innovative Policies for Financing Small Scale Industries in India: An Empirical Analysis." In Sustaining Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth, 85–98. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78695-7_6.

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Kala, Marshall. "Youth entrepreneurship in a small-scale gold mining settlement in Ghana." In Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, 181–92. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2016. | Series:: Routledge, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315730257-19.

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Tripathi, Ravindra, Rajesh Kumar Shastri, and Sweta Agarwal. "Survival and Growth Strategies for Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprises in India: A Key for Sustainable Development." In Driving the Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 163–74. India: Springer India, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0746-7_14.

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Opoku, Darko. "Small-Scale Ghanaian Miners and the Textiles and Garment Industry in the Age of Chinese Economic Onslaught." In Challenges to African Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century, 147–78. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61000-9_6.

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Ganguly, Shromona. "The Small Scale Industrial Policy in India and Performance of Unorganised Manufacturing: A Comparative Analysis with East Asian Countries." In Entrepreneurship and Structural Change in Dynamic Territories, 297–315. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76400-9_16.

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Patnaik, Navolina. "Use of Mobile Phones by Small-Scale Farmers for Price Discovery of Fresh Produce: A Case Study from the Malur Taluk in Karnataka." In Driving the Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 745–56. India: Springer India, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0746-7_61.

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Bogachkova, Lyudmila Yu, Nadezhda Yu Usacheva, and Andrey A. Usachev. "Strategic Targets and Empirical Trends in the Development of Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurship (the Case of the Volgograd Region)." In Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 115–24. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45913-0_13.

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Carvalho, Luísa Margarida Cagica. "Entrepreneurship in Small-Scale Farms." In Agricultural Management Strategies in a Changing Economy, 213–24. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7521-6.ch010.

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This chapter aims to relate a case of rural entrepreneurship developed in Portuguese small-scale farms promoted through the European Project PROVE. The Project PROVE appears in 2007 inside European Program EQUAL; several local partners and development agencies work together with small farms to solve a problem. Parts of these farms do not have enough scale to sell large quantities in markets or to arrange agreement with national and international distributors. However, they have agricultural surplus and difficulties in selling their entire surplus in the local markets. Parts of the first farms are also in urban regions and suffer urban pressures, are familiar explorations, and the number of women is relevant. This entrepreneurial solution was spread to different regions in Portugal and also in other European countries and endures beyond the end of the European project.
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Conference papers on the topic "Small-scale entrepreneurship"

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Ruslan, Dede. "Analysis Efficiency Production and Strategies of Small-Medium Scale Enterprises." In 2016 Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/gcbme-16.2016.180.

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Samuel Saragih, Harriman, Sukoyo Sukoyo, and Evo Sampetua Hariandja. "Risk Management Design for Private, Small, and Medium Scale Musical Concerts." In 2016 Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/gcbme-16.2016.55.

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Nuringsih, Kartika, Rodhiah Rodhiah, and Khairina Natsir. "Using Quality Cycle in Maintaining the Quality and Performance of Small-Scale Herbal Enterprises." In Ninth International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Business Management (ICEBM 2020). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210507.024.

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Rostiana, Endang, and Horas Djulius. "Micro, Small, and Medium Scale Industry as Means of Poverty Reduction." In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Economics, Business, Entrepreneurship, and Finance (ICEBEF 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icebef-18.2019.78.

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Muin, Sri Adrianti, and Muliyadi Hamid. "Business Capability, Entrepreneurial Culture Toward Entrepreneurship Attitude on Small Scale Enterprises in South Sulawesi." In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Materials Engineering and Management - Management Section (ICMEMm 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icmemm-18.2019.22.

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Adegbuyi, Omotayo, Ezekiel Ayoade, Olaleke Ogunnaike, Abimbola Adegbuyi, and Olayinka Binuomote. "THE IMPACT OF NEUROTIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES." In 12th International Technology, Education and Development Conference. IATED, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/inted.2018.1307.

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Oktalia, Depni, Agus Irianto, and Sri Ulfa Sentosa. "The Influence of Emotional Intelligence and Persistence on The Income of Small-Scale Peyek Snack Entrepreneurs in Padang." In First Padang International Conference On Economics Education, Economics, Business and Management, Accounting and Entrepreneurship (PICEEBA 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/piceeba-18.2018.87.

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Nastase, Mihai-Claudiu, Alexandru Mitru, and Loredana Andreea Paun (Parnic). "The Social and Economic Impact of COVID 19 Pandemic on Museums. Case Study: „Princely Court” National Museum Ensemble." In International Conference Innovative Business Management & Global Entrepreneurship. LUMEN Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/lumproc/ibmage2020/25.

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The new coronavirus (Covid-19) is one of the main challenges world today has to address. With no large scale availability vaccine yet, and more or less experimental medical treatments for curing the disease, we can safely say that we are still far behind a solution to this problem. This new pandemic is considered the biggest threat to the global economy since the Second World War and there is no aspects of human life have not been affected it, spiritual ones included. Its high contagiousness, as well as novelty, raised all kind of challenges and one of the main ones was our manner to produce answers, in early stages at least, this creating problem on its own and of its design. As well as all the other institutions, theatres, cinemas, concert halls, spaces of socialization and in the same time places of wonder, knowledge and spiritual enrichment the museums were heavily affected by the pandemic crisis, especially those who’s collections are not, but in very small proportion available, to the public through virtual media. Such a case is „Princely Court„ National Museums Ensemble from Targoviste, Dambovita County, Romania. The present paper proposes an overview of the highlights in institution′s activity the past years in comparison with how the pandemic crisis affected its activity in the past months and what were the responses given to keep the museum in the eye of the public. It will also try to summarize how and to what extent the activity went back to „normal” after the emergency state earlier imposed was lifted and how the visitors responded to the new realities.
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Adam, Muhammad, and Fathurrahman Anwar. "Industry and Strategic Analysis of Lamno Robusta Coffee; An Aplication of Multy Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) Techniques to Analyze A Small Scale Farming Group." In Proceeding of the First International Graduate Conference (IGC) On Innovation, Creativity, Digital, & Technopreneurship for Sustainable Development in Conjunction with The 6th Roundtable for Indonesian Entrepreneurship Educators 2018 Universitas Syiah Kuala October, 3-5, 2018 Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EAI, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.3-10-2018.2284353.

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Battistoni, Chiara, Agnese Pallaro, and Leire Arrizabalaga Arambarri. "Systemic Design for a sustainable local economic development: Lea-Artibai case study." In Systems & Design: Beyond Processes and Thinking. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/ifdp.2016.3309.

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The Systemic Design approach provides a methodology to define complex territorial network of companies with reduced environmental impact. This method defines a way of analysis to understand and map the complexity of current issues addressing them at different levels, in order to design appropriate and long lasting solutions mainly based on the increase of relations between the involved actors. The creation of a network of connections permits to obtain several positive outcomes that involve both the territory and the society that lives in it and it also makes the system more resilient. An holistic diagnosis is the starting point for the identification of different areas to develop a systemic project. This methodology was applied to Lea-Artibai, a department of the Basque Country. Its economy is historically based on forestry and fishing that are currently facing a long-lasting crisis and it is difficult to intervene in these sectors for the complexity of the regulatory system. The holistic diagnosis highlighted other territorial potentialities of the area, mainly the agri-food sector (with traditional products and dishes) and the deeply rooted culture of cooperation. As a kick-off for the creation of the net between the different actors of the department was chosen the creation of a 'Systemic Buying Group (SBG)'. It enables to start the cooperation between the partners for the success of the pilot project: a large cooperative with its employees as potential clients, a cooperative of local producers and transformers, a little shop working as the bridge of communication between them. At their side operate AZARO fundazioa (a private non –profit centre for entrepreneurship and innovation that promotes the creation of new businesses and the competitive improvement of the business network) as the coordinator of the project and the Systemic Design Group of Politecnico di Torino in the role of project leader. The project underlines the role of design as a deeply interdisciplinary field of work that is able to talk and cooperate with different disciplines to reach a collective goal: the environmental, social and economic sustainability. The SBG becomes the driver of change for the enhancement of the territory and the implementation of systemic design in the area, for an economy based on the quality instead of the quantity. A concrete action that acts on a small scale permits to manage the transition from the design of intangible to tangible.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3309
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