Supporting ethnic community businesses: Lessons from a West Midlands Asian business support agency;L'assistance technique aux entreprises des communautés ethniques: des leçons à tirer d'une agence d'assistance technique aux entreprises asiatiques située dans la région West Midlands

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-148

  Fallon, Grahame ^a   Brown, Reva Berman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic community businesses; Support agencies; UK; West Midlands

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; ETHNICITY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142639521     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340042000190127     Document Type: Article

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