Paving Professional Futures Ethnic Minority Accountants In the United Kingdom

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-71

  Ram, Monder ^a   Carter, Sara ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountants; business support; ethnic minority business; professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998185648     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242603021001721     Document Type: Article

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