Place, sorting effects and barriers to enterprise in deprived areas: Different problems or different firms?

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 914-937

  Lee, Neil ^a   Cowling, Marc ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deprived areas; entrepreneurship; SMEs; social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890417420     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612445402     Document Type: Article

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