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Autore |
Gomez Rafael |
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Titolo |
Small Business and the City : The Transformative Potential of Small Scale Entrepreneurship / / Rafael Gomez, Matthew Semansky, Andre Isakov |
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9651-6 |
1-4426-9650-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Small business - Canada |
Central business districts - Canada |
Cities and towns - Canada - Growth |
Urban renewal - Canada |
Community development, Urban - Canada |
Canada |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-281) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : small business and city life -- The view from main street -- The BIA movement : setting the stage for main street revitalization -- The view from main street Halifax : the challenge of being the big fish in a small pond -- The view from main street Vancouver : a city region with an emerging sense of place -- The view from main street Toronto : a case of the bottom-up, top-down conundrum -- Unlocking the potential of small-scale enterprise -- The "art and science" of small business survival : lessons in BIA practice -- Of people, profits, and place : lessons in local economic development -- Small business and the main street agenda : lessons in public policy -- Recommendations for making small-scale enterprise a transformative force -- Conclusion : cities, small business, and distributed decision making -- Afterword : or ... why staying small, local, and independent matters to city life. |
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