The financing of disadvantaged entrepreneurs: Are enterprise programmes overcoming the finance gap?

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 388-400

  Rouse, Julia ^a   Jayawarna, Dilani ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business enterprise; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750007672     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550610710162     Document Type: Article

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