Entrepreneurial aspirations among family business owners: An analysis of ethnic business owners in the UK

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 12-33

  Basu, Anuradha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Ethnic groups; Family firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992992379     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550410521353     Document Type: Review

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