Entrepreneurship amongst minority language speakers: The case of Wales

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-238

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

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Ethnic businesses; Welsh language

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79551592591     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903241493     Document Type: Article

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