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What is Rurality

Chapter 10
Ecosystem Dynamics and Strategies for Startups Scalability
The characteristics and conditions of rural areas, including their social, economic, and environmental aspects.
Published in Chapter:
Support for Rural Entrepreneurs by Universidad EAN: Impacta Rural Modality of the EAN Impacta Program
Leon Dario Bernal (EAN University, Colombia), Laura Patricia Cely Gomez (EAN University, Colombia), Erika Milena Bejarano (EAN University, Colombia), and William Fernando Mojica Rondon (EAN University, Colombia)
Copyright: © 2024 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0527-0.ch010
Abstract
The EAN University, as a pioneer and leader in the comprehensive training of professionals aimed at fostering the entrepreneurial spirit and strengthening entrepreneurial skills, created in 2012 the Institute of Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Innovation (IDELI), which by 2016, with the incorporation of the attribute of sustainability in all the activities of the university, changed its name to Institute for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, and in 2021, it becomes the Impacta Management - Sustainable Entrepreneurship. Impacta - Sustainable Entrepreneurship represents one of the materializations of the higher purpose of EAN University. This chapter shares the methodological contribution of Impacta Rural through the implementation of its first pilot and the learnings from the accompaniment to the rural entrepreneur based on the recognition of their territory and context.
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Chapter 12
The Social and Solidarity Economics, Public Policies, and Non-Monetary Economic Practices: The Case of Associative Firms in Loja, Ecuador
This relates to the degree of industrialization and general development of a region. It is concerned with more sparsely populated areas containing spaces to develop primary activities, being a source of natural resources. It involves complex socio-economic cultural models interrelated through the exchange of goods as a basis for economic activities. It also concerns the move from the traditional to the modern as a vector of progress.
Published in Chapter: The Social and Solidarity Economics, Public Policies, and Non-Monetary Economic Practices: The Case of Associative Firms in Loja, Ecuador; From: Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and the New World Economic Order
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Chapter 2
A Well-Worn Path: Encouraging Partnerships With Non-Formal Educators
More than just the areas other than urban or suburban, it includes diverse cultural identities that come from rich connections to community and place.
Published in Chapter: A Well-Worn Path: Encouraging Partnerships With Non-Formal Educators; From: Expanding the Vision of Rurality in the US Educational System
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Chapter 9
Critical Participatory Action Research in a Rural Community Committed to Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis
In Colombia, rurality implies social and political dimensions. Rural people or campesinos are affected by lack of land ownership, violence, limited access to basic public services, health and education, and other social inequalities.
Published in Chapter: Critical Participatory Action Research in a Rural Community Committed to Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis; From: Handbook of Research on the Global Empowerment of Educators and Student Learning Through Action Research
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Chapter 4
Decent Work and the Processes of Informality: The Case of the Wholesale Market of Ambato, Ecuador
This relates to degree of industrialization and general development of a region. It is concerned with more sparsely populated areas containing spaces for the development of primary activities, being a source of natural resources. It involves complex socio-economic cultural models interrelated through the exchange of goods as a basis for economic activities. It also concerns the move from the traditional to the modern as a vector of progress.
Published in Chapter: Decent Work and the Processes of Informality: The Case of the Wholesale Market of Ambato, Ecuador; From: Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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