... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Family firms Self-employment Context Regional development Europe Although the importance of family businesses to national economies has been recognised for some time, their regional distribution is uneven and “little is known about...

... Regional development Intrapreneur Quebec Claude Blanchet was born in the Limoilou neighbourhood of Québec City, the second of three children. His older brother, André, was born with severe physical disabilities and Claude was his “guardian angel” until André's death at the age of 23. He also has...

...Robert Smith Purpose Socio‐economic decline in rural areas is a pervasive and debilitating phenomenon in terms of regional development, particularly when former models of economic growth which once stimulated business generation and regeneration can no longer be counted on to do so...

... urban renewal era was merging with “Just Society” ideas of an expanding welfare state as well as federally supported regional development based on growth centres, industry, large energy projects and highways. In 1976, funded by three levels of government, the Social Development Project explored how...