<b>RESUMEN</b><br> <br> La importancia del fomento empresarial para el desarrollo rural ha quedado evidenciada en las directrices establecidas en la política rural europea. A pesar de ello, las medidas contenidas en el Plan de Desarrollo Rural (PDR) de Cataluña 2007-2013, siguen adoptando un enfoque...

Usually, immigrants have been studied as employed work force. However, they often choose to become entrepreneurs. According to the relevant literature, there are evidences that immigrants are more entrepreneurially active than local inhabitants. However, results from the Global Entrepreneurship...

Immigrants have mainly been studied as part of the wage-earning workforce. However, they can become entrepreneurs. There is evidence in the literature that immigrants can be relatively more entrepreneurial than local inhabitants. Previous studies indicate that immigrants do not have any greater...

Immigrants have mostly been studied for their contributions as members of the labour force. However, they often choose to become entrepreneurs. According to the relevant literature, there is evidence that immigrants are relatively more entrepreneurially active than local inhabitants. The...

This paper examines the impact of informal networks such as knowing personally other entrepreneurs and having accessed to business angel investors. The analysis is focused on the impact of such constructs upon start-up and established entrepreneurs in Spain, which is our contribution. To do so,...