<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Contemporary Slovene rural areas as multifunctional localities with heterogeneous and mosaic structures and, exposed to enormous restructuring, are trapped between traditional processes and structures on one side and modern development processes on the other. Goriška (predominately a rural area) is part of a strongly integrated cross-border region with a very diverse geographical structure, huge historical, cultural and natural heritage and a significant share of LFAs with increasing levels of inter-regional disparities. This paper focuses on networking of SMEs in these Slovene rural areas. The results confirm the complex nature of the relationships between favourable business environments (built-up and supportive business milieu) and processes of embeddedness and international integration.</p></abstract>

Contemporary Slovene rural areas as multifunctional localities with heterogeneous and mosaic structures and, exposed to enormous restructuring, are trapped between traditional processes and structures on one side and modern development processes on the other. Goriška (predominately a rural area) is part of a strongly integrated cross-border region with a very diverse geographical structure, huge historical, cultural and natural heritage and a significant share of LFAs with increasing levels of inter-regional disparities. This paper focuses on networking of SMEs in these Slovene rural areas. The results confirm the complex nature of the relationships between favourable business environments (built-up and supportive business milieu) and processes of embeddedness and international integration.

The relevance of linking favourable business environments with embeddedness SMEs in rural areas of the Goriška region, Slovenia

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Contemporary Slovene rural areas as multifunctional localities with heterogeneous and mosaic structures and, exposed to enormous restructuring, are trapped...

The relevance of linking favourable business environments with embeddedness SMEs in rural areas of the Goriška region, Slovenia

Published Online: Jan 24, 2012

Page range: 183 - 197

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10091-012-0003-x

Keywords
podeželje, podeželske podjetije, mala in srednje velika podjetja, poslovna cona, ugodne poslovne okolje, globalizacija, Goriška, Slovenija

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The relevance of linking favourable business environments with embeddedness SMEs in rural areas of the Goriška region, Slovenia

Published Online: Jan 24, 2012

Page range: 183 - 197

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10091-012-0003-x

Keywordspodeželje, podeželske podjetije, mala in srednje velika podjetja, poslovna cona, ugodne poslovne okolje, globalizacija, Goriška, Slovenija

This content is open access.

Keywords
podeželje, podeželske podjetije, mala in srednje velika podjetja, poslovna cona, ugodne poslovne okolje, globalizacija, Goriška, Slovenija