Ethnic Minority Graduate Entrepreneurs in the UK: Characteristics, Motivation and Access to Finance

Industry and Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 455-463

  Hussain, Javed ^a   Millman, Cindy ^a   Scott, Jonathan ^b   Hannon, Paul ^c   Matlay, Harry ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

entrepreneurial characteristics; entrepreneurial motivations; ethnic minority graduates; finance; small ethnic minority businesses; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449099880     PISSN: 09504222     EISSN: 20436858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000007783099845     Document Type: Article

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