Description
Though entrepreneurship has been studied for decades, in recent years, the study of “rural entrepreneurship” has emerged as an upcoming subtopic of the area. With the growth and continual ease of utilizing digital technologies to support entrepreneurial activities, these technologies now provide unique opportunities for advancing rural entrepreneurship. Though prior research focused on challenges for IT use in rural areas that specifically investigated investment and management issues, it is important to study all challenges and opportunities involved in this developing area of research.
Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the utilization of digital technologies in rural business ventures. Unlike other references, this book studies the conceptualization process of rural entrepreneurship and innovation with the intention of providing guidelines and support for entrepreneurs. While highlighting topics such as microfinancing, risk management, and rural development, this publication explores innovative practices as well as the methods of IT investment and management. This book is ideally designed for business professionals, entrepreneurs, business researchers, academics, and business students.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Sachithra Lokuge (Ed.)
Sachithra Lokuge is a Lecturer at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. She received her PhD from the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, in Business Information Systems. Her work has been published in Information
Darshana Sedera (Ed.)
Darshana Sedera is a Professor of Information Systems and the Director of the Digital Enterprise Lab at the Southern Cross University in Australia. He is currently the Deputy Dean of the School of Business and Tourism. He has published over 200 publications in major refereed journals and conferences. His publications have appeared in Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of the Strategic Information Systems, Information & Management, Information Technology & People, and Communications of the Association for Information Systems. For more details, please visit darshanasedera.com