Addressing the business support needs of ethnic minority firms in the United Kingdom

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 843-859

  Deakins, David ^a   Ram, Monder ^b   Smallbone, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ETHNIC MINORITY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642561841     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0305     Document Type: Article

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