RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES
The aim of this paper is to analyze the importance of rural entrepreneurship in the Nordic countries. Over the years, many countries have implemented different policies and programmes in order to stimulate entrepreneurship in the rural areas. Currently, entrepreneurs from the Nordic countries are...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura Univeristatii "Stefan cel Mare" din Suceava
2018-12-01
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| Series: | USV Annals of Economics and Public Administration |
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| Online Access: | http://annals.seap.usv.ro/index.php/annals/article/view/1122/922 |
| Summary: | The aim of this paper is to analyze the importance of rural entrepreneurship in the Nordic countries. Over the
years, many countries have implemented different policies and programmes in order to stimulate entrepreneurship in
the rural areas. Currently, entrepreneurs from the Nordic countries are encouraged to identify new business
opportunities in rural areas and to transform them in successful business ideas with the certain purpose of creating new
jobs and increasing the income of this rural areas. This paper provides a view of rural entrepreneurship at the local
level in terms of its socioeconomic contribution. In all four Nordic countries many of the highlighted characteristics of
rural entrepreneurship are similar, with a focus on innovation and the early embrace of new competitive technologies.
The results of the analysis show that in the Nordic countries innovation, entrepreneurship and modern technology
create new opportunities and rural areas are regarded as important for the development of a sustainable society.
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| ISSN: | 2285-3332 2344-3847 |