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100			_aLyons, Thomas S.
245			_aAssessing the efficacy of rural business incubation: a diagnostic approach from the United States
260			_c1999
300			_ap.29-49
362			_aMar
520			_aThe rapid spread of the business incubation concept as an economic development tool for fighting rural poverty in the United States, without a complete understanding of the unique problems faced by rural incubation programmes and the entrepreneurs they serve, should be a matter of concern to economic development planners. Traditional efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of rural business incubation programmes based on measures of economic development output (e.g., businesses created, jobs created, income generated, etc.) don't address this problem. This study suggests a process oriented approach to evaluating rural incubation programme effectiveness that focuses on identifying context-specific barriers and examining the success of the programme practices that are designed to surmount them. It also reports the results of the application of this evaluation model to the U.S. rural business incubation industry. - Reproduced
650			_aPoverty - United States
650			_aPoverty
700			_aChhatre, Sumedha
700			_aLichtenstein, Gregg A.
773			_aJournal of Rural Development
909			_a44032
999			_c44032 _d44032