How can local communities use effectuation to increase local economic growth within existing levels of government support?

Norah Cussen, Thomas Cooney

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Abstract

Coming from a small fishing village in County Waterford and a family of entrepreneurs I have seen how local people struggle to create and find job opportunities, particularly in a time of recession. Bunmahon, County Waterford is a small village by sea, which during the seasonal summer months flourishes as a result of tourism from the cities and bigger towns. Then, come the dark winter months the vacant holiday homes and closed shop doors leave people looking to relocate to the bigger cities for jobs. However, not all people can or want to take this option some stay and struggle to create a living for themselves while others are left dependant on government aid. An Taoiseach said: “While recovery is underway we cannot let it bypass families or communities on the basis of their location. Irish Recovery is for all of Ireland” (Action Plan for Jobs-Regional, 2015). For my family, those who stayed used the means available to them to generate an income by starting a fishing export business, become an author, opening a restaurant and other businesses. Although this is not the case for everyone, job-creation in rural Ireland continues to be a struggle.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 16th European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management, ECRM 2017
EditorsKatrina Lawlor, Anthony Paul Buckley
PublisherAcademic Conferences Limited
Pages392-398
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9781911218401
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event16th European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management, ECRM 2017 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 22 Jun 201723 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management Studies
Volume2017-June
ISSN (Print)2049-0968
ISSN (Electronic)2049-0976

Conference

Conference16th European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management, ECRM 2017
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period22/06/1723/06/17

Keywords

  • Effectuation
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Government support
  • Local economic growth
  • Rural Ireland
  • Self-help

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