Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , A synergetic collection of chapters derived from the 2011 mini-conference of the International Geographical Union's Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Space which took place in Vechta (Germany) - conference's theme "Globalising rural places" , List of tablesList of figures ; List of contributors ; Rural-global linkages ; Economic entanglements and the re-shaping of place in the global countryside , List of tables ; List of figures ; List of contributors ; Rural-global linkages ; Economic entanglements and the re-shaping of place in the global countryside , Agriculture in chains : farms, firms and contracts , The unjust chain? : the value chain of milk in Germany , International migration and resilience : rural introductory spaces and refugee immigration as a resource , Community resilience under influences of higher governance structures : the case of the Czech rural community noovice , Rural entrepreneurship and labour markets ; Non-farm businesses in rural areas : response to crisis or exploiting opportunities? : evidence from Vietnam , Immigrant small enterprises in rural Sweden : local and transnational resource mobilisation , The role of large enterprises in local labour market development in non-metropolitan rural areas in Poland , Rural innovation and learning ; Entrepreneurial innovation capability of rural regions : an underestimated phenomena? , Arranging support for collective learning in rural areas of Germany , Networks of regional learning in rural eastern Saxony , The role of agglomeration economies for sme transnationalisation : bypassing the global urban service nexus? , Rural policies and governance ; The role of side activities in building rural resilience : the case study of Kiel-Windeweer (The Netherlands) , Metropolitan regions and rural development the case of Bremen-Oldenburg, northwestern Germany , New approaches to rural places , Agriculture in chains : farms, firms and contracts , The unjust chain? : the value chain of milk in Germany , International migration and resilience : rural introductory spaces and refugee immigration as a resource , Community resilience under influences of higher governance structures : the case of the Czech rural community noovice , Rural entrepreneurship and labour markets ; Non-farm businesses in rural areas : response to crisis or exploiting opportunities? : evidence from Vietnam , Immigrant small enterprises in rural Sweden : local and transnational resource mobilisation , The role of large enterprises in local labour market development in non-metropolitan rural areas in Poland , Rural innovation and learning ; Entrepreneurial innovation capability of rural regions : an underestimated phenomena? , Arranging support for collective learning in rural areas of Germany , Networks of regional learning in rural eastern Saxony , The role of agglomeration economies for sme transnationalisation : bypassing the global urban service nexus? , Rural policies and governance ; The role of side activities in building rural resilience : the case study of Kiel-Windeweer (The Netherlands) , Metropolitan regions and rural development the case of Bremen-Oldenburg, northwestern Germany , New approaches to rural places