Abstract
This article considers whether, and if so how, rural communities can be
supported, through a facilitated process, to create social enterprises
within the field of health and care. Using results from the thematic
analysis of four community case studies involved in a facilitated actionresearch
process, the article identifies community capabilities and
entrepreneurial skills needed to create such rural community-based
service providers. The identification of similarities and differences in
how the development process took place in four communities allows us
to present a development model of our facilitated process. The article
contributes to understanding about rural community social enterprises
for service provision and the processes associated with their creation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 478 - 493 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Community Development Journal |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | First published - 14 Nov 2014 |