Focusing on focus groups: Lessons from a research project involving a Bangladeshi community

Qualitative Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-208

  Fallon, Grahame ^a   Brown, Reva Berman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladeshi community; focus groups; small business entrepreneurship; training needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993724984     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146879410200200204     Document Type: Article

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