Research Output
Motivations and mitigating business limitations in Scottish rural home-based businesses.
  This paper details a qualitative exploratory study of rural home-based businesses. Little is known about the formation or operation of home-based businesses in rural areas despite their high incidence rate.in-depth cases are presented and, by employing a methodology designed to elicit rich narratives, the stories of eight participants are told. emergent themes include the motivations for and the realities of operating a rural home-based business, the importance of a contextual factors, and the use of technology.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    14 April 2016

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Sage

  • DOI:

    10.1177/0269094216643029

  • Cross Ref:

    10.1177/0269094216643029

  • ISSN:

    0269-0942

  • Library of Congress:

    HF Commerce

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    381 Commerce

Citation

Kapasi, I., & Galloway, L. (2016). Motivations and mitigating business limitations in Scottish rural home-based businesses. Local Economy, 31(3), 377-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094216643029

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Keywords

Context; home-based business; motivations;Shapero’s Entrepreneurial Event; technology

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