Leading Community Innovation
Organizing Successful Rural Telecommunications Self-Development Projects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6181708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Ann Hollifield (0000-0002-4577-4363), Joseph F Donnermeyer (0000-0002-4764-2241), Gwen Wolford, Gwen H Wolford, Robert Agunga (0000-0001-5697-7564) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 52-67 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Community Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-5330 • E-ISSN: 1944-7485 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15575330709489839 |
| OpenAlex | W2076089948 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
In the mid-1990s, many U.S. rural communities began engaging in telecommunications self-development projects in an attempt to stabilize declining economies and support long-term community viability. This study uses a comparative case-study design to assess the effectiveness of the community-action processes that five communities used to create telecommunications self-development projects. The study identifies six organizational and community processes that made it more likely for a telecommunications self-development project to succeed. Among the key findings are that a strong public-private partnership in the project's development and a decentralized project model enhanced project success. Unexpectedly, the local university s leadership of the project was related to decreased success. These factors provide valuable lessons for other types of community development projects
Business · Community development · Economic growth · Economics · General partnership · Political science · Process management · Public relations · Rural community · Telecommunications · Engineering · ICT Impact and Policies · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Social Capital and Networks · Finance · Marketing
The community in America
A window on the wider world? Rural children's use of information and communication technologies
Digital development in rural areas
Rural areas in the information society
Creating demand
Entrepreneurial Social Infrastructure
Naturalistic inquiry
Rural Telecommunications
Self‐Development
From Hometown to Nontown
Social Capital and Communities of Place1
Entrepreneurial Social Infrastructure and Locally Initiated Economic Development in the Nonmetropolitan United States
The Strength of Weak Ties
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |