Training and ethnic minority firms: The case of the independent restaurant sector

Education + Training

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 334-341

  Ram, Monder ^a   Sanghera, Balihar ^b   Abbas, Tahir ^b   Barlow, Gerald ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986102037     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910010347803     Document Type: Article

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