Small Business and the City : The Transformative Potential of Small Scale Entrepreneurship / / Rafael Gomez, Matthew Semansky, Andre Isakov

• Autore: Gomez Rafael
• Pubblicazione: Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.02/20971
• Soggetto topico: Small business - Canada; Central business districts - Canada; Cities and towns - Canada - Growth; Urban renewal - Canada; Community development, Urban - Canada
• Soggetto geografico: Canada
• Persona (resp. second.): IsakovAndre; SemanskyMatthew
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-281) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation
• Titolo autorizzato: Small Business and the City
• ISBN: 1-4426-9651-6; 1-4426-9650-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827394403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II