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Rural Revitalization Through Telework
Award Information
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 37732
Amount:
$54,940.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
N/A
Award Year:
1997
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
N/A
Small Business Information
208 East 6th Street
Ainsworth, NE
69210
United States
DUNS:
N/A
HUBZone Owned:
No
Woman Owned:
No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
No
Principal Investigator
Name: DR. JOSEPH W. FREES
Phone: () -
Phone: () -
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
Rural communities are threatened by declining economic performance, loss of population, andlack of opportunity. Telecommunications offers promise for rural revitalization by capitalizingon the wage disparity between urban and rural economies. The proposed research will examineefforts to date in Nebraska to enhance rural communities through telecommunications, and assessthe feasibility of taking the next step -- delivering jobs to rural citizens via telecommunications,or telework, as a profit making enterprise. This research will devise a practical and profitablemodel for implementing rural job creation through telecommunications.
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