A taxonomy of entrepreneurial farmers

By Gerard McElwee. 2008

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Exploring the strategic skills of farmers across a typology of farm diversification approaches (2010, background): “Hence, the questions of - not only social skills - but of skills implied by the perspective of social embeddedness (Jack and Anderson, 2002; Granovetter, 2000) and of social capital (Markman and Baron, 2003) and human capital (McElwee, 2008) are most relevant in this connection.”
Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector: A Literature Review and Future Research Opportunities (2018, background): “Some farmers maintain a singular (farmer or entrepreneur) main identity, while others exhibit both identities to varying degrees (McElwee 2008; de Lauwere, 2005).”
Agricultural multifunctionality and farmers' entrepreneurial skills: a study of Tuscan and Welsh farmers (2010, background): “Carter and Rosa, 1998), whilst others argue that entrepreneurship in farming can posses specific characteristics related to the sectors’ (physically and socially) situated nature (e.g. Eikeland and Lie, 1999; McElwee, 2008).”
Exploring entrepreneurial skills and competencies in farm tourism (2012, background): “…and farm entrepreneurship suggests, although it must be acknowledged that the very nature of rural entrepreneurship (and indeed entrepreneurship more generally), is a ‘complex variable concept and phenomenon’ (McElwee, 2008b: 319) subject to a variety of interpretations and definitional debates.”
The relationship between resources, entrepreneurial orientation and performance in farm-based ventures (2011, background): “…adopted a rural sociology or farm management perspective primarily focusing on characterizing the farmer as an entrepreneur (Vesala and Peura 2003; McElwee 2008), the extent and economic importance of diversification or pluriactivity at farms (Carter 1999; Alsos and Carter 2006; Rønning and…”
Rural entrepreneurship or entrepreneurship in the rural – between place and space (2015, background): “As suggested by McElwee and others (Vik and McElwee, 2011; McElwee, 2006; McElwee, 2008) the relationship between farming and entrepreneurship is complex.”
Romancing the rural: Reconceptualizing rural entrepreneurship as engagement with context(s) (2018, unknown): “ Whilst we are not unduly concerned about definition (McElwee, 2008), we recognise that a positivistic epistemology requires definition before even beginning research.”
What Kind of Entrepreneurship Drives Regional Development in European Non-core Regions? A Literature Review on Empirical Entrepreneurship Research (2013, background): “…level, several studies have been concerned with the question of what skills and attitudes make up an “entrepreneurial farmer” (Couzy & Dockes, 2008; McElwee, 2008a; Pyysiäinen et al., 2006).7McElwee (2008a), for instance, developed a typology of four types of farmers: the farmer as a farmer,…”