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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) : 15 figuresContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781442643628
  • 9781442696501
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.02/20971 23
LOC classification:
  • HD62.7 .G654 2015eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1.Introduction: Small Business And City Life -- Part I.The View From Main Street -- 2. The Bia Movement: Setting The Stage For Main Street Revitalization -- 3. The View From Main Street Halifax: The Challenge Of Being The Big Fish In A Small Pond -- 4. The View From Main Street Vancouver: A City Region With An Emerging Sense Of Place -- 5. The View From Main Street Toronto: A Case Of The Bottom-Up, Top-Down Conundrum -- Part II.Unlocking The Potential Of Small-Scale Enterprise -- 6. The “Art And Science” Of Small Business Survival: Lessons In Bia Practice -- 7. Of People, Profits, And Place: Lessons In Local Economic Development -- 8. Small Business And The Main Street Agenda: Lessons In Public Policy -- 9. Recommendations For Making Small-Scale Enterprise A Transformative Force -- 10. Conclusion: Cities, Small Business, And Distributed Decision Making -- Afterword: Or …Why Staying Small, Local, And Independent Matters To City Life -- About The Authors -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform local neighbourhoods and the cities they inhabit. Studying the factors which enable small businesses to survive and thrive, they highlight the success of a Canadian concept which has spread worldwide: the Business Improvement Area (BIA). BIAs allow small-scale entrepreneurs to pool their resources with like-minded businesses, becoming sources of urban rejuvenation, magnets for human talent, and incubators for local innovation in cities around the globe.Small Business and the City also analyses the policies necessary to support this urban vitality, describing how cities can encourage and support locally owned independent businesses. An inspiring account of the dynamism of urban life, Small Business and the City introduces a new “main street agenda” for the twenty-first century city.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1.Introduction: Small Business And City Life -- Part I.The View From Main Street -- 2. The Bia Movement: Setting The Stage For Main Street Revitalization -- 3. The View From Main Street Halifax: The Challenge Of Being The Big Fish In A Small Pond -- 4. The View From Main Street Vancouver: A City Region With An Emerging Sense Of Place -- 5. The View From Main Street Toronto: A Case Of The Bottom-Up, Top-Down Conundrum -- Part II.Unlocking The Potential Of Small-Scale Enterprise -- 6. The “Art And Science” Of Small Business Survival: Lessons In Bia Practice -- 7. Of People, Profits, And Place: Lessons In Local Economic Development -- 8. Small Business And The Main Street Agenda: Lessons In Public Policy -- 9. Recommendations For Making Small-Scale Enterprise A Transformative Force -- 10. Conclusion: Cities, Small Business, And Distributed Decision Making -- Afterword: Or …Why Staying Small, Local, And Independent Matters To City Life -- About The Authors -- Notes -- References -- Index

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In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform local neighbourhoods and the cities they inhabit. Studying the factors which enable small businesses to survive and thrive, they highlight the success of a Canadian concept which has spread worldwide: the Business Improvement Area (BIA). BIAs allow small-scale entrepreneurs to pool their resources with like-minded businesses, becoming sources of urban rejuvenation, magnets for human talent, and incubators for local innovation in cities around the globe.Small Business and the City also analyses the policies necessary to support this urban vitality, describing how cities can encourage and support locally owned independent businesses. An inspiring account of the dynamism of urban life, Small Business and the City introduces a new “main street agenda” for the twenty-first century city.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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