The support paradox in community enterprise experiments in the Netherlands

摘要: In many European countries, community-based entrepreneurship is increasingly considered as a means to initiate small-scale urban regeneration. However, residents in deprived neighbourhoods are often viewed lack key entrepreneurial skills. Most research on community support based cross-sectional studies and overly focussed government support. This paper extends current knowledge by reporting unique national experiment the Netherlands with enterprises receiving from private foundation. The aims investigate how active citizens perceive benefits drawbacks of this Using longitudinal approach, analyses transcriptions repeated semi-structured interviews (panel design) several neighbourhoods. While positive feedback found, study provides strong evidence for 'support paradox': that was intended overcome number entry barriers difficulties road has significantly hampered progress among enterprises.