Supplier Diversity Initiatives and the Diversification of Ethnic Minority businesses in the UK

Policy Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 187-204

  Ram, Monder ^a   Smallbone, David ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842817725     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144287042000216117     Document Type: Review

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