Policy Support for Small Firms in Rural Areas: The English Experience
Policy Support for Small Firms in Rural Areas: The English Experience
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对农村小企业的政策支持：英国的经验
DOI：
10.1068/c0316
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发表时间：
2003
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通讯作者：
D. North
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作者：
D. Smallbone;R. Baldock;D. North
本文件涉及农村地区小企业的发展以及目前用于支持这些企业的政策办法。基本的文件的关键问题是在多大程度上位于农村地区的小企业有独特的支持需求，与农村企业本身或其所有者的特点，和/或在农村地区的企业的外部经营环境的特点。一个相关的问题涉及企业的特点和农村地区的特点对如何最好地满足农村企业的商业支助需要可能产生的影响。这项研究包括对与农村企业的支助需要和/或满足这些需要的手段有关的现有文献进行案头审查。它还包括对与农村地区企业发展有关的政策倡议和方案进行初步研究。2001年，对包括农村地区在内的集水区的商业联系代表以及其他关键机构（例如农村机构）进行了电话采访。此外，还根据面对面访谈完成了24项农村政策举措个案研究。在简要回顾了主要文献之后，根据调查，概述了Business Link目前正在实施的政策。然后，根据对案例研究支助倡议的分析，确定了支持农村企业的良好做法原则。本文最后指出了分析对未来企业支助政策的影响。
This paper is concerned with small business development in rural areas and the policy approaches currently being used to support them. The key question underlying the paper is the extent to which small businesses located in rural areas have distinctive support needs, associated with the characteristics of rural businesses themselves or their owners, and/or the characteristics of the external operating environment for business in rural areas. A related question concerns the possible influence of enterprise characteristics and the characteristics of rural areas on how the business support needs of rural businesses are best addressed. The study comprised a desk-based review of existing literature relevant to the support needs of rural enterprises and/or the means of addressing them. It also included primary research on policy initiatives and programmes concerned with enterprise development in rural areas. Telephone interviews were conducted in 2001 with representatives of Business Links with catchments that included rural areas, as well as other key agencies (for example, the Countryside Agency). In addition, twenty-four case studies were completed of rural policy initiatives, based on face-to-face interviews. Following a brief review of key literature, an overview of the policies currently being operated by Business Link is described, based on the survey. This is followed by an identification of good-practice principles of rural business support, based on an analysis of the case-study support initiatives. The paper concludes by identifying the implications of the analysis for future enterprise support policy.