Education and entrepreneurial activity: A comparison of white and South Asian Men

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-162

  Thompson, Piers ^a   Jones Evans, Dylan ^b   Kwong, Caleb C Y ^c  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business starts; Entrepreneurship; Ethnic entrepreneurship; University education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950202629     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242609355858     Document Type: Article

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