Entrepreneurs and Territorial Diversity: Success and Failure in Andalusia 2007–2015

Rural Europe today cannot be understood without considering the impact of the EU’s Liaisons Entre Actions de Developpement de l’Economie Rurale (LEADER) rural development programme. Although in general it has had a positive impact, research has also revealed spatial and social disparities in the dis...

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Published in:Land (Basel) 2020-08, Vol.9 (8), p.262
Main Authors: Cejudo García, Eugenio, Cañete Pérez, José Antonio, Navarro Valverde, Francisco, Ruiz Moya, Noelia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
classification and types of rural areas
Cultural heritage
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Failure
good practices
Grants
LEADER approach
neo-endogenous rural development
Population decline
Promoters
Public sector
Rural areas
rural depopulation and aging
Rural development
Social innovation
Success
Tourism
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Summary:Rural Europe today cannot be understood without considering the impact of the EU’s Liaisons Entre Actions de Developpement de l’Economie Rurale (LEADER) rural development programme. Although in general it has had a positive impact, research has also revealed spatial and social disparities in the distribution of funds. Our primary source was the files for all the LEADER projects processed in Andalusia between 2007 and 2015. In addition to successfully executed projects, we also focused on “unfunded” projects, those in which, although promoters had initiated the application procedure, a grant was never ultimately obtained. Project failure must be studied so as to avoid biased findings. We then classified these projects within the different types of rural area and analysed the behaviour of the different promoters in these areas. Relevant findings include: project success or failure varies according to the different types of rural area, as does the behaviour of the different promoters; the degree of rurality can hinder project success; young and female entrepreneurs were more likely to fail; the type of promoter is strongly influenced by the distance to cities in that companies and Individual Entrepreneurs tend to invest in periurban spaces, while public sector promoters such as Local Councils are more prominent in remote rural areas.
ISSN:2073-445X
2073-445X
DOI:10.3390/land9080262