Small Business and the City
Subtitle: The Transformative Potential of Small Scale Entrepreneurship
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781442612099
Subjects: Small business, canada; Central business districts; Cities and towns, canada; Urban renewal; Community development, canada
Description: In Small Business and the City, the authors highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform local neighbourhoods and the cities they inhabit. Studying the factors which enable small businesses to survive and thrive, they highlight the success of a Canadian concept which has spread worldwide: the Business Improvement Area (BIA). BIAs allow small-scale entrepreneurs to pool their resources with like-minded businesses, becoming sources of urban rejuvenation, magnets for human talent, and incubators for local innovation in cities around the globe. Small Business and the City also analyses the policies necessary to support this urban vitality, describing how cities can encourage and support locally owned independent businesses.