New business creation and regional development: Enhancing resource acquisition in areas of social deprivation

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 735-761

  Jayawarna, Dilani ^a   Jones, Oswald ^a   Macpherson, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bootstrapping; brokerage; business start up; entrepreneurs; financial capital; human capital; social capital

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPENSATION SYSTEM; ENTREPRENEUR; FINANCIAL POLICY; HUMAN CAPITAL; HUMAN RESOURCE; INVESTMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858808331     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2010.520337     Document Type: Article

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