Beyond necessity versus opportunity entrepreneurship: Some lessons from English deprived urban neighbourhoods

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-40

  Williams, Nick ^a   Williams, Colin C ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprived urban neighbourhoods; Necessity entrepreneurship; Opportunity entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894375905     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-011-0190-3     Document Type: Article

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