Title of article
The Engine of Sustainable Rural Development: Embeddedness of Entrepreneurs in Rural Turkey
Author/Authors
AKGÜN, Aliye Ahu Istanbul Technical University - Faculty of Architecture - Department of Urban and Regional Planning , BAYCAN, Tüzin Istanbul Technical University - Faculty of Architecture - Department of Urban and Regional Planning , NIJKAMP, Peter Vu University Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration - Department of Spatial Economics
From page
119
To page
127
Abstract
The aim of this study is first to explore the profile of rural entrepreneurs, and second to identify the most important factors that determine their different embeddedness levels in rural areas. First, descriptive statistical techniques, and later on one of the artificial intelligence methods, i.e. rough set data analysis are used in order to investigate 255 entrepreneurs from Turkish rural areas who filled in our questionnaire. This study is the first attempt to evaluate entrepreneurs and their place in rural areas. According to the results, embeddedness of entrepreneurs is strongly associated with the remoteness of villages and the personal profile.
Keywords
rural entrepreneurs , embeddedness , Turkey , sustainable rural development
Journal title
Gazi University Journal Of Science
Journal title
Gazi University Journal Of Science
Record number
2600661
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