Entrepreneurial processes in an emergent resource industry: community embeddedness in Maine's sea urchin industry

The impact of economic changes on communities is not a new subject for rural sociology. However, a growing literature examines the impact of communal relations on economic action and organization. This paper contributes to this literature with an examination of entrepreneurship in an emergent resour...

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Published inRural sociology Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 145 - 166
Main Author Lauer, S.R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2005
Rural Sociological Society
Subjects
Access to Information
Business
citizen participation
Communities
Community Relations
Development
Echinodermata
Echinoidea
Economic Change
Economic Development
Economic impact
Economic structure
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Fieldwork
fish industry
Fishing
Fishing communities
Fishing industry
Impact analysis
Industry
Japan
Job Sharing
Literary criticism
Local communities
Local Culture
Maine
Opportunities
Organization
Personality Traits
Rural and urban sociology
Rural Areas
Rural communities
Rural Sociology
Rural studies
Seafood
Social entrepreneurship
Social Environment
Social Networks
Socioeconomic factors
Sociology
USA
Maine
Atlantic Ocean
United States > US
Farm-Produce Industry
Fishing
Economic organization
Community
Social Organization
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Summary:The impact of economic changes on communities is not a new subject for rural sociology. However, a growing literature examines the impact of communal relations on economic action and organization. This paper contributes to this literature with an examination of entrepreneurship in an emergent resource industry--the northwest Atlantic sea urchin industry. Based on fieldwork conducted from July 1996 to April 1998, the analysis finds two different types of entrepreneurs emerge: those embedded in local fishing communities and those from outside those communities. Although they share similar challenges, entrepreneurs' differing relationships with the local community lead to diverse strategies, which have important implications for the development of new industries.
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A Rural Sociological Society Dissertation Research Award provided partial support for this research. The names of people and places have been changed in order to assure confidentiality of research participants. I would like to thank Carrie Yodanis, Connie McDermott, and Cathy Collins for helpful comments on earlier drafts. The comments of anonymous Rural Sociology reviewers particularly improved the paper. Direct all correspondence to the author at: Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1; Sean.Lauer@ubc.ca
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reviewers particularly improved the paper. Direct all correspondence to the author at: Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1
A Rural Sociological Society Dissertation Research Award provided partial support for this research. The names of people and places have been changed in order to assure confidentiality of research participants. I would like to thank Carrie Yodanis, Connie McDermott, and Cathy Collins for helpful comments on earlier drafts. The comments of anonymous
Sean.Lauer@ubc.ca
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ISSN:0036-0112
1549-0831
DOI:10.1526/0036011054776406