Ethnic Minority Business Support in the West Midlands: Challenges and Developments

Monder Ram, Kiran Trehan, John Rouse, Kassa Woldesenbet and Trevor Jones
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Monder Ram: Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Enterpreneurship, Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, England
Kiran Trehan: Human Resource Development and Consulting, Lancaster University Management School, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YX, England
John Rouse: 50 Clarence Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9UH, England

Environment and Planning C, 2012, vol. 30, issue 3, 504-519

Abstract: We examine the challenges and developments relating to the support of ethnic minority businesses (EMBs). The challenges pertain to the distinctiveness of business support needs, the ‘mainstreaming’ of EMB support, and the dynamics of delivery. An ‘engaged scholarship’ approach is adopted, on the basis of an examination of business support providers in the West Midlands. We find considerable evidence of ‘policy learning’ in respect of these challenges. Hence, a nuanced approach to EMB support needs is in evidence, and ‘good practice’ principles are adhered to in respect of mainstreaming and EMB engagement. However, the new era of austerity imperils many of these gains.

Keywords: ethnic minority business; business support; policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1068/c11167b

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