Isla Kapasi
Motivations and mitigating business limitations in Scottish rural home-based businesses.
Kapasi, Isla; Galloway, Laura
Authors
Laura Galloway
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 |