Rural entrepreneurs and institutional assistance: an empirical study from mountainous Italy

By Nicola Meccheri, G. Pelloni. 2006

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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What Kind of Entrepreneurship Drives Regional Development in European Non-core Regions? A Literature Review on Empirical Entrepreneurship Research (2013, background): “Yet, as observed by Silva et al. (2011) in rural Portugal and by Meccheri and Pelloni (2006) in Italy, public supporting activities were mostly known and used by highly educated people which generally are a minority of (potential) entrepreneurs in non-core regions.”
Business Networks and Economic Development in Rural Communities in the United States (2010, background): “Programs in Europe have largely focused on the development of hard networks, while rural programs in the United States have concentrated more on soft networks (Rosenfeld, 2001).”
A progress review of entrepreneurship and regional development: What are the remaining gaps? (2016, background): “Due to small local markets and larger distances to non-local markets as well as having access to necessary human, social and financial capital, rural entrepreneurs have particular constraints to grow (Meccheri & Pelloni, 2006).”
Regional determinants of entrepreneurial start-ups in a developing country (2008, background): “Some of the main contributions in the recent literature include Davidsson et al. (1994), Reynolds et al. (1994, 1995), Ritsila (1999), Audretsch and Fritsch (2002), Fritsch and Mueller (2004), Audretsch and Keilbach (2004), Meccheri and Pelloni (2006), and Chen and Feng (2006).”
Entrepreneurial education and learning at universities: exploring multilevel contingencies (2017, result): “…levels of opportunity entrepreneurship find it more beneficial to attend additional EE initiatives, our results support the suggestions advanced by Meccheri and Pelloni (2006) who recommend EE as a vehicle to overcome the scarce learning opportunities in less developed regions with low endowments…”
Twenty Years of Rural Entrepreneurship: A Bibliometric Survey (2016, background): “Since entrepreneurs’ psychological traits are a main driver of the birth, survival and growth of rural enterprises (Meccheri & Pelloni, 2006), it is justifiable that it has been an increasingly researched topic.”
Rural entrepreneurship or entrepreneurship in the rural – between place and space (2015, background): “, 2004), gaining competitive advantages through high-amenity living conditions (Meccheri and Pelloni, 2006; Keeble and Tyler, 1995), and the availability”
Rural entrepreneurship in place: an integrated framework (2019, background): “…and public officials, the municipalities become ‘part of their venture’, accelerating learning and increasing the likelihood of receiving support, as these interpersonal interactions facilitate the introduction and success of applications for support and funding (Meccheri and Pelloni 2006).”
Roots to Grow: Family Firms and Local Embeddedness in Rural and Urban Contexts (2018, background): “…(Felzensztein, Gimmon, & Carter, 2010) and on financing through friends and family who are in close proximity (Davidsson & Honig, 2003; Meccheri & Pelloni, 2006) while emphasizing community-level shared values and norms as a platform for knowledge exchange (Falk & Kilpatrick, 2000;…”
Rural–Urban Linkages and Sustainable Regional Development: The Role of Entrepreneurs in Linking Peripheries and Centers (2016, background): “Along these lines, many studies have focused on what it means to be an entrepreneur located in a rural area [6–10].”
The impact of government financial support on the performance of new firms: the role of competitive advantage as an intermediate outcome (2014, background): “…and growth of new firms (Collett, Pandit, and Saarikko 2014; Gilbert, Audretsch, and McDougall 2004; Hart and Scott 1994; Huggins and Williams 2011; Kitching 2006; Meccheri and Pelloni 2006; Murdock 2012; Niska and Vesala 2013; North and Smallbone 2006; Von Bargen, Freedman, and Pages 2003).”