Discouraged advisees? The influence of gender, ethnicity, and education in the use of advice and finance by UK SMEs

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 230-245

  Scott, Jonathan M ^a   Irwin, David ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Riding Mill   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; GENDER ROLE; MODELING; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66349116977     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0806b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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