Description
Drawing together the experiences of individuals, households and businesses, this book offers an international perspective on the on how and the extent to which the experiential nature of being rural, whether as an business manager in an SME (or micro-enterprise), a non-business person, a retired inhabitant or a housewife is changing as Information
Table of Contents
1. Being Ruralin aDigital Age 2. Lost in Cyberspace?: Website Performance Among Firms Locatedin Rural Areasof Norway: The Niche Food Sector 3. Lone Eagles andHigh Flyers: Rural-based Businessand Professional Service Firmsand Information Communication Technology 4. Connecting Local Foodto Global Consumersviathe Internet 5. The Persistenceof Place: The Importanceof Shared Participation Environments When Deploying IctsinRural Areas 6. Digital Divides Within Households 7. Revitalising Rural Europe’s Indigengous Languages: 'Technologisation'and theGaelic Language 8. Policyand theRural Information Society
