“I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?”: re-visioning the rural economy

Andy Crabtree; Alan Chamberlain; Stela Valchovska; Mark Davies; Kevin Glover; Chris Greenhalgh

doi:10.1007/s00779-015-0890-8

“I’ve got a sheep with three legs if anybody wants it?”: re-visioning the rural economy

Andy Crabtree, Alan Chamberlain^*, Stela Valchovska, Mark Davies, Kevin Glover, Chris Greenhalgh

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1247-1258
Number of pages	12
Journal	Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Volume	19
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-015-0890-8
Publication status	Published - 07 Dec 2015

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board member
local economy
ecological footprint
credit union
online shop

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