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  • Inshopping in rural communities : consumers' and retailers' perceptions

    Creator:
    Mullis, Katy L.
    Abstract:
    The ever changing nature of the retail industry, and the additional challenges of doing business in a rural area, mean that retailers in rural communities face a unique situation that makes them especially vulnerable to outshopping by rural consumers. Therefore the purpose of this study was to investigate factors which...
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    Masters Thesis
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    a consumer survey in three rural Oregon communities. Retailers in those communities were also

  • Looking toward the future: examining aspirations and sense of purpose among rural youth

    Creator:
    Shamah, Devora
    Abstract:
    In light of recent economic and social changes rural communities continue to worry about the future of their young people. Will they be prepared for the challenges that lay ahead as they move into adulthood? The aspirations youth hold set them on a pathway toward achieving goals, beginning post-secondary education,...
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    Dissertation
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    a majority of youth. Study Overview In August 2007, I moved to Wallowa County, Oregon to

  • Restructuring of land and community in the remote rural west : the case of Wallowa County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Abrams, Jesse
    Abstract:
    Since at least the 1970s, rural areas in the western United States, as elsewhere across the country and world, have been subject to social, economic, and political forces that have resulted in novel demographic and land tenure trends when compared to previous decades. Collectively, these processes of restructuring have created...
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    Dissertation
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    the Remote Rural West: The Case of Wallowa County, Oregon Abstract approved