"I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy

Crabtree, Andy; Chamberlain, Alan; Valchovska, Stela; Davies, Mark; Glover, Kevin; Greenhalgh, Chris

Abstract

This paper reports on a study of 4CG, a cooperative enterprise located in rural Wales. 4CG operates for the good of the local economy and seeks to diversify its commercial portfolio through the creation of an online shop retailing goods and services from local suppliers. The paper compliments prior field studies focusing on rural enterprise and the challenges posed by this category of business for IT support. The current study is motivated by 4CG’s interest in setting up a local online shop and explicates the organisational issues that this venture turns upon and elaborates for broader sustainability agendas.

Citation

Crabtree, A., Chamberlain, A., Valchovska, S., Davies, M., Glover, K., & Greenhalgh, C. (2015). "I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 19(8), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-015-0890-8

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 19, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Dec 7, 2015
• Publication Date: Dec 7, 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 17, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 17, 2015
• Journal: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
• Print ISSN: 1617-4909
• Electronic ISSN: 1617-4917
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 8
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-015-0890-8
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/769969
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00779-015-0890-8