Measuring ethnic community involvement: Development and initial testing of an index

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-282

  Menzies, Teresa V ^a,d   Filion, Louis Jacques ^b   Brenner, Gabrielle A ^b   Elgie, Susan ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c QQ Consulting   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33947272576     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2007.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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