Building Rural Community Resilience Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Charlie French, Ph.D. is Program Leader/Extension Associate Professor, Community & Economic Development at University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension

Contents

Contributing Authors

Acknowledgments

1 Rural Innovation Redefined 3

Charlie French

2 The Geography of Rural Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the United States *

Stephan J. Goetz, Devon Meadowcroft, and Yicheol Han

3 Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem to Catalyze Innovation in Rural Places *

Jared Reynolds

4 Exploring Innovation Creation in Rural Places through Rural Establishments *

John Mann and Steve Miller

5 Social Capital Building for Rural Innovation *

Thomas S. Lyons

6 Rural Innovation at the Community Level *

Cornelia Butler Flora

7 Embracing Uncertainty and Antifragility in Rural Innovation and Entrepreneurship *

Michael W. P. Fortunato and Theodore R. Alter

8 Digital Inclusion and its Role in Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship *

Roberto Gallardo

9 Rural Flourishing through Artistic Imagination: Unleashing the Advantages of Nonmetropolitan America *

Timothy R. Wojan

10 Innovating with People Power: Bolstering Regional Food Economies through Value Chain Coordination Networks *

Sarah Rocker, Jodee Smith

11 Rural Destination Management Innovation and Collaboration in Appalachia *

Daniel Eades, Douglas Arbogast

12 Nature-Based Economic Development: Innovating at the Intersection of Nature & Main Street *

Shannon Rogers, Molly Donovan, Cathryn Porter, Geoffrey Sewake

13 Giving Rise to Innovation Ecosystems in Rural Honduras: A Case Study of Sustainable Harvest International *

Egbert Ospina, Alexandra Croteau, Elliott Powell, Ricardo Romero-Perezgrovas

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