Supporting entrepreneurship in deprived communities: A vision too far?

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 165-180

  Williams, Nick ^a   Huggins, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprived communities; Economic development; Enterprise support; Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurship; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874148163     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001311298466     Document Type: Article

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