- Title
- Government business programs and regional business knowledge transmission by professional business advisor
- Creator
- Labas, Alan; Courvisanos, Jerry
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Conference proceedings
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/170834
- Identifier
- vital:14199
- Identifier
- https://www.anzrsai.org/assets/Conferences/ANZRSAI-2018-Conference-Proceedings.pdf
- Abstract
- Based on research seeking to understand mechanisms affecting the provision of small business advisory services in a Regional (non-metropolitan) Australian setting, by what are called Professional Business Advisors (PBAs), an emergent theme identifies government business programs and initiatives as significant conduits for regional business knowledge transmission. However, those programs and initiatives are also perceived to impose substantial constraints for PBAs providing services in regional communities. The identified constraining factors include issues of financial viability for PBAs, ineligibility of many regional small businesses to access government funded initiatives, capriciousness of government programs, and clash between technology utilisation and infrastructure reliability in some non-metropolitan regional areas. Regional Australian PBAs service a heterogeneous collection of businesses across large geographic areas. Yet, the potential influence that these PBAs have in the process of knowledge transmission is severely constrained by current government programs aimed both at start-up regional businesses and those pursuing organisational growth. Such constraints raise concerns that have regional policy implications.
- Publisher
- Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International (ANZRSAI)
- Rights
- Canterbury
- Rights
- Copyright © ANZRSAI 2019 Individual chapters © the authors 2019
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- PBAs; Professional business advisors; Small business advsiory services
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