Crafting your way out of the recession? New craft entrepreneurs and the global economic downturn

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-140

  Jakob, Doreen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

craft; craftivism; cultural industries; economic development; entrepreneurship; Etsy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CRAFT PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84874308729     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rss022     Document Type: Article

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