Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development

Edited by Gry Agnete Alsos, Professor, Nord University Business School, Norway, Sara Carter, Vice-Principal and Head of the college of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK, Elisabet Ljunggren, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord University, Norway and Friederike Welter, President and Managing Director, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn and Professor, University of Siegen, Germany

• Contents:1. Introduction: Researching Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentGry Agnete Alsos, Sara Carter, Elisabet Ljunggren and Friederike WelterPART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE FARMING SECTOR2. The Development of New Ventures in Farm BusinessesRichard Ferguson and Christer Olofsson3. Pluriactivity, Entrepreneurship and Socio-economic Success of Farming HouseholdsLasandahasi R. de Silva and Sarath S. Kodithuwakku 4. The Family Farm as a Premise for EntrepreneurshipAnne Moxnes Jervell5. Entrepreneurial Efforts and Change in Rural Firms: Three Case Studies of Farms Engaged in On-farm DiversificationJorunn Grande6. Obstacles to the Development and Strategic Intentions of Forestry SMEs in Eastern CanadaEtienne St-Jean, Luc LeBel and Josée Audet7. Entrepreneurial Skills Among Farmers: Approaching a Policy DiscourseJarkko Pyysiäinen, Darren Halpin and Kari Miko Vesala PART II: INNOVATIONS IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION8. The Determinants of High-growth Entrepreneurship in the Scottish Food and Drink Cluster Ross Brown9. Entrepreneurship First or Last? Biodynamic Enterprise in New ZealandKate Lewis, Robyn Walker and Sue Cassells10. Contextualising Business Model Development in Nordic Rural Gourmet RestaurantsMagdalena Markowska, Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson and Johan Wiklund11. The Arkansas Delta Produce Marketing Association: Rural Entrepreneurship in the US Delta RegionKenneth L. Robinson, Edward Abrokwah, Iris Liang, Scott Sanders, Michael Wang and Kytson McNeil12. Why do Farm Entrepreneurs Sell at Farmers’ Markets? Insights from NorwayAsbjørn Veidal and Ola Flaten13. Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts? Online Latent and Untapped Outlets for Farmers’ Markets in South East WalesDavid Pickernell, Christopher Miller, Julienne Senyard, Brychan Thomas and Richard TunstallPART III: AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ITS SPATIAL CONTEXT14. The Welfare Effect of Economic Diversity in Rural Regions: An Analysis of Dutch MunicipalitiesSierdjan Koster, Aleid E. Brouwer and Eveline S. van Leeuwen15. Rural Enterprise and Neo-endogenous DevelopmentJane Atterton, Robert Newbery, Gary Bosworth and Arthur Affleck16. Agricultural and Forestry Entrepreneurship: Learning from the Experience of an Aboriginal Community in CanadaJean-Michel Beaudoin, Luc LeBel and Luc Bouthillier17. The Entrepreneurial Farmer in Action: The Use of Different Forms of CapitalJane GloverIndex

‘The great strength of The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development is the breadth of topics covered. . . all researchers in the field of entrepreneurship will find an inspiring source of diverse analyses bundled in this book. Newcomers in this field may value the book for giving an orientation of the domain of entrepreneurial research.’