Small Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

activity Afro-Caribbean Aldrich analysis areas Asian assistance Babson College bank Britain business services businesses headed centre parties characteristics companies comparison firms competition countries economic entrepreneurs entrepreneurship environment ethnic businesses ethnic minority explanatory variables factors female financial capital findings firm birth rates firm formation gender growth high start-up rates higher Hisrich & Brush human capital immigrants impact included increase individuals industries innovation Keeble large firms less loan London male management training manufacturing measures ment ness networks Option 3 firms Option 3 project organizational percent performance peripheral problems public policy regional variation regression analysis relationships responses retail role sample sector self-employed self-employment Sexton significant small business small firm policy smaller SMEs social South East South East England statistically Statistics Norway Storey structure studies survey Table tion United Kingdom variables women business owners women-owned businesses workers