TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers to Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enterprise
T2 - Existing Evidence, Policy Tensions and Unsettled Questions
AU - Carter, S
AU - Mwauru, S
AU - Ram, Monder
AU - Trehan, K
AU - Jones, Trevor
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PY - 2015/1/18
Y1 - 2015/1/18
N2 - This article presents an overarching review of the evidence regarding enterprise diversity. It discusses the context of ethnic minorities and women in enterprise and summarises research evidence relating to their relative access to finance, market selection and management skills. Policy within the field of diversity and enterprise is characterised by a number of tensions and unresolved questions including the presence of perceived or actual discrimination, the quantity and quality of ethnic minority and women-led businesses, potential market failure in the support provided to diverse enterprises and the substantive uniqueness of ethnic minority and women-led enterprises. Particular implications for policy and practice as well as directions for future research are discussed.
AB - This article presents an overarching review of the evidence regarding enterprise diversity. It discusses the context of ethnic minorities and women in enterprise and summarises research evidence relating to their relative access to finance, market selection and management skills. Policy within the field of diversity and enterprise is characterised by a number of tensions and unresolved questions including the presence of perceived or actual discrimination, the quantity and quality of ethnic minority and women-led businesses, potential market failure in the support provided to diverse enterprises and the substantive uniqueness of ethnic minority and women-led enterprises. Particular implications for policy and practice as well as directions for future research are discussed.
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0266242614556823
U2 - 10.1177/0266242614556823
DO - 10.1177/0266242614556823
M3 - Article
SN - 0266-2426
VL - 33
SP - 49
EP - 69
JO - International Small Business Journal
JF - International Small Business Journal
IS - 1
ER -