"I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy
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...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Springer
2015
|
| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31120/ |
| _version_ | 1848794131080413184 |
|---|---|
| author | Crabtree, Andy Chamberlain, Alan Valchovska, Stela Davies, Mark Glover, Kevin Greenhalgh, Chris |
| author_facet | Crabtree, Andy Chamberlain, Alan Valchovska, Stela Davies, Mark Glover, Kevin Greenhalgh, Chris |
| author_sort | Crabtree, Andy |
| building | Nottingham Research Data Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | 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. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T19:11:19Z |
| format | Article |
| id | nottingham-31120 |
| institution | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T19:11:19Z |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publisher | Springer |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | nottingham-311202020-05-04T17:27:48Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31120/ "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 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. Springer 2015-12-07 Article PeerReviewed Crabtree, Andy, Chamberlain, Alan, Valchovska, Stela, Davies, Mark, Glover, Kevin and Greenhalgh, Chris (2015) "I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 19 (8). pp. 1247-1258. ISSN 1617-4917 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00779-015-0890-8 doi:10.1007/s00779-015-0890-8 doi:10.1007/s00779-015-0890-8 |
| spellingShingle | Crabtree, Andy Chamberlain, Alan Valchovska, Stela Davies, Mark Glover, Kevin Greenhalgh, Chris "I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy |
| title | "I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy |
| title_full | "I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy |
| title_fullStr | "I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | "I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy |
| title_short | "I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy |
| title_sort | "i’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?’" - re-visioning the rural economy |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31120/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31120/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31120/ |