Center Research and Policy Reports

Part 1 - RUPRI Rural Equity Capital Initiative

RUPRI Rural Equity Capital Initiative: Fund for Rural America Study of Nontraditional Venture Capital Institutions, Final Report 2001.

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Part 2 - RUPRI Rural Equity Capital Initiative

RUPRI Rural Equity Capital Initiative: Fund for Rural America Study of Nontraditional Venture Capital Institutions, Final Report 2001.

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Part 3 - RUPRI Rural Equity Capital Initiative

RUPRI Rural Equity Capital Initiative: Fund for Rural America Study of Nontraditional Venture Capital Institutions, Final Report 2001.

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Part 4 - RUPRI Rural Equity Capital Initiative

RUPRI Rural Equity Capital Initiative: Fund for Rural America Study of Nontraditional Venture Capital Institutions, Final Report 2001.

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Bizpathways - Minnesota's Virtual Entrepreneurs Network: Ongoing Evaluation of Effective Practice

BizPathways - Minnesota's Virtual Entrepreneurs Network: Ongoing Evaluation of Effective Practice, Deborah Markley and Don Macke and Rae Montgomery.

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Boosting Entrepreneurship in Appalachian Ohio

Boosting Entrepreneurship in Appalachian Ohio, Brenda Emery, Larry Fisher, and Don Macke.

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Development of an Entrepreneurial Support Organization: The Case of the Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation

Development of an Entrepreneurial Support Organization: The Case of the Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation, David Barkley and Deborah Markley.

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Enterprise Facilitation in Kansas: Lessons and Recommendations

Enterprise Facilitation in Kansas: Lessons and Recommendations, Don Macke and Deborah Markley and Erik R. Pages.

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Understanding the Environment for Entrepreneurship in Rural North Carolina

Understanding the Environment for Entrepreneurship in Rural North Carolina, Erik R. Pages and Deborah M. Markley, January 2004.

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State Policy Brief - Energizing an Entrepreneurial Economy

State Policy Brief - Energizing an Entrepreneurial Economy

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National Policy Brief - Energizing an Entrepreneurial Economy

National Policy Brief - Energizing and Entrepreneurial Economy.

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Energizing an Entrepreneurial Economy: A Guide for County Leaders

Developed as a companion to our book, this guide extends information, insights and tools to county leaders interested in creating an entrepreneurial economy.

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Innovative Approaches to Entrepreneurial Development

Cases from the Northwest Region, March 2007.

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An Evaluation of the Kentucky Entrepreneurial Coaches Institute

Insights and Recommendations, Final Report, February 2007.

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Policy Recommendations In Support of Rural Entrepreneneurship

Prepared by Karen Dabson, RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, and Natalie Woodroofe, Association for Enterprise Opportunity, 2008.

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Creating an Entrepreneurial Appalachian Region - Summary Report

Findings and Lessons from an Evaluation of the Appalachian Regional Commission's Entrepreneurship Initiative 1997-2005, April 2008.

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Creating an Entrepreneurial Appalachian Region - Full Report

Findings and Lessons from an Evaluation of the Appalachian Regional Commission's Entrepreneurship Initiative 1997-2005, April 2008.

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Case Studies of E-Commerce Activity in Rural and Small Town Business

By Deborah Markley, David L. Barkley, and R. David Lamie, May 2008.

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E-Commerce Case Studies Guidebook and Program Delivery Manual

By R. David Lamie, Deborah M. Markley, and David L. Barkley, May 2008.

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E-Commerce as a Business Strategy: Lessons Learned from Case Studies of Rural and Small Town Businesses

By David L. Barkley, Deborah M. Markley, and R. David Lamie, May 2008.

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Case Studies of E-Commerce in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Review of the Literature

By David L. Barkley, R. David Lamie, and Deborah M. Markley, May 2008.

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Creating a System of Support for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in Kentucky

Insights and Policy Recommendations by Deborah Markley and Brian Dabson for the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development.

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21st Century Rural America

A RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship White Paper by Don Macke and Deborah Markley, March 2009.

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RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship - P.O. Box 83107 - Lincoln, NE 68501 - 402-323-7339 - taina@e2mail.org

The RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

The RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship strives to be the focal point for efforts to stimulate and support private and public entrepreneurship development in communities throughout rural America.  By supporting practice-driven research and evaluation and facilitating shared learning among practitioners, researchers and policy makers, the Center works to encourage entrepreneurship development as an effective route to building prosperous, dynamic, and sustainable rural economies. The Center is part of the Rural Policy Research Institute, an organization dedicated to providing unbiased analysis and information on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America. To learn more about RUPRI, go to www.rupri.org.

 

 

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