The economic diversity of rural England: stylised fallacies and uncertain evidence

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Hodge ◽  
Sarah Monk
Keyword(s):  
Economic Diversity ◽  
Uncertain Evidence ◽  
Rural England

Women at Work: Innkeeping in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland 1790–1840

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Mackay
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Popular Fiction ◽  
Travel Patterns ◽  
Economic Diversity

Between 1790 and 1840 Scotland's Highlands and Islands saw a rise in the number of travellers due to transportation changes, war on the Continent, and popular fiction. Consequently, the number of inns increased in response to this shift in local travel patterns and influx of visitors. By examining where the growth in inns happened, who managed them, and what services were offered, this article argues that the Highlands and Islands economy was both complex and commercial. It establishes that rural women were innkeepers of multifaceted hospitality operations responding to market demands and enabling economic diversity in their communities, the result of which was the hospitality infrastructure for tourism.

From the Outside In : V.S. Naipaul in Rural England

Caliban ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Janice Valls Russel
Keyword(s):  
Rural England

scholarly journals Immigrant entrepreneurs in rural England – An examination of the socio- cultural barriers facing migrant small businesses in Lincolnshire

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 676-694
Author(s):  
Dieu Hack-Polay ◽  
Justice Tenna Ogbaburu ◽  
Mahfuzur Rahman ◽  
Ali B Mahmoud
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Language Differences ◽  
Institutional Embeddedness ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
Relational Embeddedness ◽  
Rural England

A growing body of literature recognises the crucial role played by immigrant entrepreneurs. However, certain socio-cultural barriers adversely affect their businesses in rural areas. Thus, this article examines the socio-cultural barriers facing immigrant entrepreneurs in Lincolnshire. Eleven semi-structured interviews were held with businesses owned by immigrants from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The findings identified migrant ethnocentrism, stereotypes, cultural differences and language differences as key socio-cultural barriers adversely affecting immigrant businesses in Lincolnshire. The research found that immigrant enterprises experienced growth issues, not just owing to the size of the market but also due to issues of embeddedness in the socio-economic nomenclature. The study found mixed embeddedness to be key to immigrant entrepreneurial success. This involves immigrant adaptation to develop relational embeddedness with the hosts, involvement with its social, structural and institutional frameworks. The study contributes to our understanding of the role of social, relational, structural and institutional embeddedness in steering fertile approaches to immigrant entrepreneurship in rural England which has been under-researched.

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