Access to Finance by Ethnic Minority Businesses in the UK

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-314

  Smallbone, David ^a   Ram, Monder ^b   Deakins, David ^c   Baldock, Robert ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethnic minority firms; finance; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998035356     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02662426030213003     Document Type: Article

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