UK SMEs’ awareness, use, and perceptions of selected government export assistance – An investigation into the effect of ethnicity

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 72-89

  Crick, Dave ^a   Chaudhry, Shiv ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Export; Small to medium sized enterprises; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078553     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550010335994     Document Type: Review

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