van der Loo, S., Chen, L., Edwards, P., Holden, J.A., Karamperidis, S., Kollingbaum, M.J., Marqui, A.C., Nelson, J.D., Norman, T.J., Piecyk, M. and Pignotti, E. (2015). Development of a digital tool to overcome the challenges of rural food SMEs. Scottish Geographical Journal, 131 (3-4), pp. 212-219.
Abstract
It has been recognised that throughout the UK, rural economies have a significant potential for growth but despite the potential for growth, many rural businesses face barriers that prohibit their expansion. In this study, we focus on one particular group of rural small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): food and drink producers. Through user engagement activities, we identify the issues and needs associated with distributing products to the market, in order to understand the main issues which prevent rural food and drink SMEs from expansion, and to establish the requirements for a digital solution to this challenge.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2014.994673 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School |
Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:// creativecommons.org/Licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | rural geography,transport geography,Geography, Planning and Development,Earth-Surface Processes |
Publication ISSN: | 1751-665X |
Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2024 13:49 |
Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2015 07:50 |
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Published Date: | 2015 |
Published Online Date: | 2015-02-03 |
Authors: |
van der Loo, S.
Chen, L. Edwards, P. Holden, J.A. Karamperidis, S. Kollingbaum, M.J. Marqui, A.C. Nelson, J.D. Norman, T.J. Piecyk, M. Pignotti, E. |