Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

New Research on Retirement and the Importance of Staying Active!

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I published some new research in the Journal of Consumer Affairs!

We find a negative association between the ability to complete financial calculations and age, with an even more negative relationship after retirement. This may suggest limits to career extension, or alternatively, that extending some types of careers could provide cognitive benefits.

Regardless, the implication that staying active as we age is clear!

You can see the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joca.12353

AgriLife Extension economist (yours truly) leads rural military entrepreneurship study

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A team of researchers have received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create guidelines to better assist rural military veteran business owners.

Dr. Craig Carpenter, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist in College Station, is leading a group looking to identify business entrepreneurship opportunities for rural U.S. military veterans.

Read the full article here: https://today.agrilife.org/2018/08/17/agrilife-extension-economist-leads-rural-military-entrepreneurship-study/

New Extension Publication on Inclusive Community Assessments

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I just released a new publication on steps communities can take to prepare for an inclusive community assessment! Community assessments are common first steps in economic and community development efforts. It is important to make sure that communities include diverse perspectives to help inform and gain support for those efforts.

Read more at: http://agrilifelearn.tamu.edu/Preparing-for-an-Inclusive-Community-Assessment-p/eag-049.htm

Getting the Community Involved in Local Development Efforts

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Getting the community involved in local and regional development efforts is fundamental to the successful creation and implementation of development plans. Community involvement not only improves community and economic development outcomes by utilizing local knowledge and networks, but can also grow community cohesion and vitality, as members feel more invested in the place that they live. Residents are more likely to embrace development proposals when invited to contribute their opinions and shape efforts to reflect their challenges and needs. Furthermore, shaping the efforts to reflect the challenges and needs of community members can only improve those efforts. Similarly, community members are more likely to be invested, and, in turn, more willing to invest the time to implement the proposals.

 

Read more in a new publication out by Dr. Rebekka Dudensing and me: http://agrilifelearn.tamu.edu/Getting-Community-Involved-in-Local-Development-p/eag-045.htm