Small Business and the City: The Transformative Potential of Small Scale Entrepreneurship (Rotman-Utp Publishing) - Softcover

Rafael Gomez; Andre Isakov; Matthew Semansky

 
9781442612099: Small Business and the City: The Transformative Potential of Small Scale Entrepreneurship (Rotman-Utp Publishing)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1442612096 ISBN 13: 9781442612099
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2015

Synopsis

In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform local neighbourhoods and the cities they inhabit. Studying the factors which enable small businesses to survive and thrive, they highlight the success of a Canadian concept which has spread worldwide: the Business Improvement Area (BIA). BIAs allow small-scale entrepreneurs to pool their resources with like-minded businesses, becoming sources of urban rejuvenation, magnets for human talent, and incubators for local innovation in cities around the globe. Small Business and the City also analyses the policies necessary to support this urban vitality, describing how cities can encourage and support locally owned independent businesses. An inspiring account of the dynamism of urban life, Small Business and the City introduces a new "main street agenda" for the twenty-first century city.

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About the Author

Rafael Gomez is an associate professor of Employment Relations at Woodsworth College and the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto. Andre Isakov is currently the Manager of Park Planning and Design with the City of Coquitlam, British Columbia. Previously, he was the Community and Economic Development Officer for the Village of Harrison Hot Springs and the Executive Director of Business Improvement Areas of British Columbia (BIABC). Matt Semansky is an award-winning journalist based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. His work has appeared in publications such as This Magazine, the National Post, The Halifax Chronicle Herald, The Coast, and Marketing.

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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1442612096
ISBN 13 
9781442612099
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
312

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