Sustainability and small enterprises in Scotland’s remote rural ‘margins’

Kathryn A. Burnett; Michael Danson

Sustainability and small enterprises in Scotland’s remote rural ‘margins’

Kathryn A. Burnett
, Michael Danson

School of Business and Creative Industries

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

Abstract

Abstract/Intro: Co-production narratives of sustainability are informed by idea, values and experiences of localness in areas that are typically ‘rural’ yet particularly ‘remote’.
Examples show that ‘margin’ as an idea and as practice is appropriated and deployed to entrepreneurial effect: margin as ‘value’. ‘Survival’ is revisited and reflections on its place within enterprise narrative as ‘margins’ are redefined; remoteness is increasingly celebrated as a sustainable reality. Nonetheless enhanced policy frameworks such as ‘island-proofing’ are key to confidence and competencies - growth and development. Lastly, accounts (narratives and media) appropriate ‘ecology’, ‘green’ and sustainability motifs yet these terms are fluid and complex and require ongoing critique within wider enterprise landscapes of ‘consumption’.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 18 Jun 2015
Event	Rural Entrepreneurship – Acquiring Community Assets: 13th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference - Ionad Chalum Chille, Bowmore, Islay, Scotland, Islay, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Jun 2015 → … Conference number: 13

Conference

Conference	Rural Entrepreneurship – Acquiring Community Assets
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Islay
Period	18/06/15 → …

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

rural enterprise
community assets
community
island products
island narratives
sustainability of small islands
enterprise

Margins of resilience, sustainability and success: island enterprise and entrepreneurship
Danson, M. & Burnett, K. A., 21 Apr 2021, Scotland and Islandness: Explorations in Community, Economy and Culture . Burnett, K. A., Burnett, R. & Danson, M. (eds.). Oxford: Peter Lang, p. 189-214 25 p. (Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland; vol. 13).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Sustainability and small enterprises in Scotland’s remote rural ‘margins’
Burnett, K. A. & Danson, M., 1 Aug 2016, In: Local Economy. 31, 5, p. 539-553 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Sustainability and small enterprises in Scotland’s remote rural ‘margins’

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Margins of resilience, sustainability and success: island enterprise and entrepreneurship

Sustainability and small enterprises in Scotland’s remote rural ‘margins’

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