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Jo Hamill (jhamill@srv1.mis.ed.ac.uk)
Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:42:36 +0000

Last night I was talking to some friends about inward investment. The
conversation came around to the decline of old industries and the
resulting high unemployment levels. In areas where this happens the
corresponding start up rates for small businesses is extremely poor.

This reminded me of the comment someone made (and I apologise for not
remembering who) about humans being divided into those who participate or
take part in organisations, and those who create organisations. In central
Scotland what we seem to have is a lack of creators. People who previously
worked in the old industries remain unemployed, waiting for someone else
to create the working organisations.

I wondered if anyone knew anything about small business startups
elsewhere, and whether other areas of high employment also have a low
start up rate?

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