RuBusT Rural Business Transfers for Stronger Societies

Research Output

The RuBusT project will run from September 2025 to September 2027, with results updated progressively as the research advances. Its main expected outcomes include:

Impact-oriented output
  • the mapping of key actors involved in business transfer processes in rural contexts, designed to facilitate the creation of a network;
  • the dissemination of awareness-raising materials (policy briefs, infographics, practical guidelines) addressed to businesses, local communities, and policymakers;
  • a Business Transfer Strategy for remote rural areas, conceived as a model and source of inspiration for other European rural contexts.
Academic output
  • a systematic or scoping review of the literature on business transfers;
  • an empirical article on the participatory research experience, analysing business transfer as a tool for socio-economic revitalisation in rural areas.

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