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National Practitioners Network, 228 Ohio University, 235, 241, 244, 250;
National Surface Warfare Center, 32 Voinovich Center, 244
National Training Laboratories, 174 Oklahoma, 192, 196–98, 203–4;
natural amenities, 13, 59–60, 64–65, Alfalfa County, 203; Greer County,
68, 73–74, 90, 92–95, 97 203; Wagoner County, 203
Nature Conservancy, 220 Oklahoma State University, 197, 204
nature versus nurture, 175, 177 Oregon, 140
Nebraska, 14, 49, 62, 87, 132, 141,
151, 154, 158, 160, 199, 212, 216, Pandolfini, Bruce, 169, 173
223; Atkinson Public School, 158; peer groups, 118, 214, 220, 227
Crete, 49; Hayes County, 86; Pennsylvania, 64
Madison, 49; Ord, 141, 154, 160; People for Adams County Tomorrow
Schuyler, 49; South Sioux City, 49; (PACT), 244
Valentine, 158; Valley County, 216, personality: perspective, 104, 106–7,
223, 224 109; trait paradigm, 109
Nebraska Community Foundation, 141 PNW Black Chamber of Commerce, 46
network: entrepreneurial. See polycentric leadership, 53–55
entrepreneurial: networks; Producing Resourceful Informed
horizontal, 49; peer networking, Devoted Employees (PRIDE), 198
159–60, 240, 261; regional, 235,
251; vertical, 49 regional: competitiveness, 26–27, 29,
networking hub, 236, 239–40 34; entrepreneurship network
Nevada, 29, 62 (REN), 250–51; flavor, 15, 234, 242,
New England, 136, 219 244–49; innovation economy,
New Jersey, 258 14–15, 234, 242–44, 248–49
New Mexico, 32, 51, 155–56; Española, Regional Angel Investment Networks
156; Mora, 51 (RAIN), 138
New York, 5, 53, 87, 136, 158, 169; St. Research Center in Entrepreneurial
Lawrence County, 53 History, 3
North Carolina, 53, 62, 128, 130–31, Revolving loan funds (RLFs), 132
134, 140, 223, 226–27 Richard T. Farmer School of Business,
North Carolina Rural Economic 168
Development Center, 134, 226–27 Rothsay High School’s Storefront, 148
Northern Initiatives, 218–20 RUPRI. See Rural Policy Research
Northern Iowa Area Community Institute (RUPRI)
College Pappajohn Entrepreneurial rural: action, 244; competitiveness, 28,
Center, 49 34; innovation fund, 33, 129
Northern New Mexico College, 156 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes
Northwestern University, 116 (RUCC), 68
Rural Business Roundtable, 49
Ohio, 14, 98, 234–35, 238, 241–42, Rural Community College Initiative, 97
244, 247, 249–50; Adams County, Rural Community Entrepreneurship
244; Athens, 234, 242; Athens Survey, 46
County, 234; Brown Coumty, 244, Rural Education through Action
267–68; Cincinnati, 245; Cleveland, Learning (REAL), 11, 155, 180, 183
242; Columbus, 242; Nelsonville, Rural Enterprise Assistance Project
247; Ohio Arts Council, 244 (REAP), 48–49, 132