Recent trends in minority ethnic entrepreneurship in Britain

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-146

  Clark, Ken ^a   Drinkwater, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Minority ethnic groups; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950234350     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242609355831     Document Type: Article

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