The Geographies of Access to Enterprise Finance: The Case of the West Midlands, UK;Les géographies de l'accès au financement des entreprises: Étude de cas de la région des West Midlands, au Royaume-Uni

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 868-879

  Appleyard, Lindsey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community development; Enterprise; Financial crisis; Financial exclusion

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LENDING BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS;

EID: 84922684707     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2012.748979     Document Type: Article

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