Determinants of ethnic minority entrepreneurial growth in the catering sector

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-221

  Altinay, Levent ^a   Altinay, Eser ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; SERVICE SECTOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30744453788     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060500369354     Document Type: Article

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