Motivations and mitigating business limitations in Scottish rural home-based businesses.

Kapasi, Isla; Galloway, Laura

Abstract

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.

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

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 15, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Apr 14, 2016
• Publication Date: May 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: May 29, 2016
• Print ISSN: 0269-0942
• Electronic ISSN: 1470-9325
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 377-392
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094216643029
• Keywords: Context; home-based business; motivations;Shapero’s Entrepreneurial Event; technology
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/10294
• Publisher URL: http://lec.sagepub.com/content/31/3/377.short