Invisible businesses : the characteristics of home-based businesses in the United Kingdom

Mason, Colin M. and Carter, Sara and Tagg, Stephen (2011) Invisible businesses : the characteristics of home-based businesses in the United Kingdom. Regional Studies, 45 (5). pp. 625-639. ISSN 0034-3404

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Abstract

Home-based businesses comprise a significant proportion of the small business sector. But because they are invisible, their economic significance is assumed to be minor. This paper challenges this view. The majority are full-time businesses. One in ten has achieved significant scale. They create jobs for more than just the owner(s). They are concentrated in computer-related, business, and professional service sectors. They also have a distinctive geography. Rural areas and non-metropolitan parts of Southern England have the highest proportion of home-based businesses. Urban-industrial regions have the lowest proportion. This suggests a need to reconsider the role of home-based businesses in local economic development.

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Carter, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	27637
  Dates:	Date Event 1 May 2011 Published 1 June 2010 Published Online
  Keywords:	home working, home-based business, small business, rural economy, urban economy, local economic development, development, invisible businesses, Commerce, Environmental Science(all), Social Sciences(all), SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  Subjects:	Social Sciences > Commerce
  Department:	Strathclyde Business School > Hunter Centre For Entrepreneurship Strathclyde Business School > Marketing
  Depositing user:	Miss Carol Ann Balloch
  Date deposited:	07 Oct 2010 08:57
  Last modified:	23 Sep 2021 03:56
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/27637