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Contents

Preface ix

1 Introduction and Overview 1
Norman Walzer and Adee Athiyaman

2 Entrepreneurship as Rural Economic Development Policy:
A Changing Paradigm 21
Brian Dabson

3 What’s Culture Got to Do with It? Strategies for Strengthening
an Entrepreneurial Culture 39
Ron Hustedde

4 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Growth 59
Norman Walzer, Adee Athiyaman, and Gisele F. Hamm

5 The Drivers of Regional Entrepreneurship in Rural and
Metro Areas 81
Jason Henderson, Sarah A. Low, and Stephan Weiler

6 What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur? 103
Thomas S. Lyons, Gregg A. Lichtenstein, and Nailya Kutzhanova

7 Building Communities through Entrepreneurship Development:
Financing Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Support Systems 125
Deborah M. Markley

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