West Virginia is one of the nations most rural states with high unemployment, deeply rooted poverty, low human capital formation, high out-migration, and a shrinking economic base. West Virginia has devoted efforts through national and local policy programs to induce economic prosperity, curtail out-migration of college graduates, and mitigate poverty. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the linkage between small business/entrepreneurship and rural economic growth, which is measured by employment opportunities and gross county product growth. Three separate cluster of counties of West...