Entrepreneurship in Regional Communities

Associate Professor Sujana Adapa works in the UNE Business School at the University of New England. Her research interests include gender studies covering leadership and entrepreneurship in the regional context. She is one of four Board of Directors for Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand.Dr. Subba Reddy Yarram is a Senior Lecturer in Finance in the UNE Business School at the University of New England. His research covers corporate governance and small business economics/management and his research appeared in reputed journals. He serves on the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Board. Professor Alison Sheridan is a Professor of Management in the UNE Business School at the University of New England. Her research interests include gender studies. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Life Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.

• Chapter 1.Setting the scene.- Chapter 2. How does Australia rate?.- Chapter 3. Australian entrepreneurship: distinguishing by region and gender.- Chapter 4. Setting the scene for the bioregions.- Chapter 5. Place-based entrepreneurs.- Chapter 6. Nascent firms.- Chapter 7. Established growing firms.- Chapter 8. Established plateaued firms.- Chapter 9. Doing entrepreneurship in regional communities.