Ethnic minority business support in the West Midlands: Challenges and developments

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 504-519

  Ram, Monder ^a   Trehan, Kiran ^b   Rouse, John ^c   Woldesenbet, Kassa ^a   Jones, Trevor ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business support; Ethnic minority business; Policy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS;

EID: 84862671405     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c11167b     Document Type: Article

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