SEARCHING FOR WORTMAN'S RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONES: A CASE STUDY OF THREE RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES

Kirk C. Heriot () and Noel D. Campbell ()
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Kirk C. Heriot: Columbus State University, Department of Management and Marketing, 4225 University Ave, Columbus, Georgia 31907, USA
Noel D. Campbell: University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas 72035, USA

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2006, vol. 11, issue 03, 233-253

Abstract: This study uses Wortman's Rural Economic Development Zones (Wortman, 1990a) and more recent work by Lyons (2002) as a point of departure to demonstrate entrepreneurship development suited to rural locations. We describe the current literature and rural electric cooperatives. Using a case method research design (Yin, 1994), we demonstrate the efforts of three modern rural electric cooperatives in the area of entrepreneurial development. The study concludes with a discussion of the implications to public policy makers, electric cooperative executives and researchers in the field of entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Rural entrepreneurship; rural business incubation; Rural Economic Development Zones (REDZs); rural electrical cooperatives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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