South Asian businesses in retreat? The case of the UK

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 485-500

  Jones, Trevor ^a   Ram, Monder ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive push; Labour market pull; Retreat; South Asian businesses

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; LABOR MARKET;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141726531     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830305611     Document Type: Article

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