TY - CHAP
T1 - Entrepreneurial Functions and Approaches for Sustainable Maintenance of Aging and Shrinking Rural Communities
AU - Haga, Kazue
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Author(s).
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This chapter investigates companies which contribute to better maintenance of aging and shrinking communities through business and entrepreneurship. Rural communities based on agriculture in developed countries suffer from aging and declining populations and structurally weak local economies, and require creative solutions to maintain the living standards and quality of life of the residents. Redefining and recreating local businesses are among these measures. To identify how businesses can stimulate local economies, two successful companies from Japan and Germany are compared. In both companies, the impact of entrepreneurial leadership is striking. The companies engage in using new combinations of local resources, including aging human capital, to stimulate residents to participate in their enterprises, and their efforts include business and social aspects.
AB - This chapter investigates companies which contribute to better maintenance of aging and shrinking communities through business and entrepreneurship. Rural communities based on agriculture in developed countries suffer from aging and declining populations and structurally weak local economies, and require creative solutions to maintain the living standards and quality of life of the residents. Redefining and recreating local businesses are among these measures. To identify how businesses can stimulate local economies, two successful companies from Japan and Germany are compared. In both companies, the impact of entrepreneurial leadership is striking. The companies engage in using new combinations of local resources, including aging human capital, to stimulate residents to participate in their enterprises, and their efforts include business and social aspects.
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - German rural areas
KW - Initiative of local residents
KW - Japanese rural areas
KW - Sustainable regional economy
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-10740-6_4
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-10740-6_4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85106429261
T3 - Palgrave Studies in Governance, Leadership and Responsibility
SP - 65
EP - 87
BT - Palgrave Studies in Governance, Leadership and Responsibility
PB - Springer Nature
ER -