Greater Access to Capital Is Needed to Unleash the Local Economic Development Potential of Minority-Owned Businesses

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-259

  Bates, Timothy ^a   Robb, Alicia ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

economic development tools; entrepreneurship; job creation; jobs

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CAPITAL; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; LOCAL ECONOMY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD;

EID: 84880499247     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242413477188     Document Type: Article

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