Matthias Fink is Professor for International Small Business Management and Innovation at the University of Lüneburg and Head of the Research Institute for Liberal Professions at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.Stephan Loidl is a Researcher at the Institute for Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.Richard Lang is a Senior Researcher at the Research Institute for Co-operations and Co-operatives (RiCC) and at the Institute for Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.

• Introduction 1. Setting the Stage 2. An Action Framework for Rural Municipalities 3. An Agenda for Cross-border Know-how Exchange 4. The Evaluation of the Transferability of the Proposed Agenda 5. Conclusion

Matthias Fink is Professor for International Small Business Management and Innovation at the University of Lüneburg and Head of the Research Institute for Liberal Professions at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.Stephan Loidl is a Researcher at the Institute for Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.Richard Lang is a Senior Researcher at the Research Institute for Co-operations and Co-operatives (RiCC) and at the Institute for Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.

• Introduction 1. Setting the Stage 2. An Action Framework for Rural Municipalities 3. An Agenda for Cross-border Know-how Exchange 4. The Evaluation of the Transferability of the Proposed Agenda 5. Conclusion

Matthias Fink is Professor for International Small Business Management and Innovation at the University of Lüneburg and Head of the Research Institute for Liberal Professions at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.Stephan Loidl is a Researcher at the Institute for Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.Richard Lang is a Senior Researcher at the Research Institute for Co-operations and Co-operatives (RiCC) and at the Institute for Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.

• Introduction 1. Setting the Stage 2. An Action Framework for Rural Municipalities 3. An Agenda for Cross-border Know-how Exchange 4. The Evaluation of the Transferability of the Proposed Agenda 5. Conclusion