The Ethnic Entrepreneurial Transition: Recent Trends in British Indian Self-Employment

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-109

  Jones, Trevor ^a   Mascarenhas Keyes, Stella ^b   Ram, Monder ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Schools and Families   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship; Indian Self Employment; Self Employment Trends; Transition

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855425422     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2012.640020     Document Type: Article

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