137 research outputs found
The take up of business support by minority ethnic enterprises: the experience of South Asian businesses in England
This research contributes to a greater understanding of minority ethnic business (MEB) needs and practices and helps identify the support needs of minority ethnic firms in relation to existing support provision. The aims are, therefore, to examine the take-up of support by minority ethnic enterprises focusing mainly on the South Asian community with some representation from the African-Caribbean and Korean communities. Fifty minority ethnic businesses across South West London were contacted and semi-structured interviews took place with the owner/owner managers. The findings suggest that policy makers need to appreciate the diversity of MEBs and policies aimed at these businesses should reflect that diversity
Constructing female entrepreneurship policy in the UK : is the US a relevant benchmark?
Successive UK governments have introduced a range of policy initiatives designed to encourage more women to start new firms. Underpinning these policies has been an explicit ambition for the UK to achieve similar participation rates as those in the US where it is widely reported that women own nearly half the stock of businesses. The data underlying these objectives are critically evaluated and it is argued that the definitions and measures of female enterprise used in the UK and the US restrict meaningful comparisons between the two. It is suggested that the expansion of female entrepreneurship in the US is historically and culturally specific to that country. UK policy goals should reflect the national socioeconomic context, while drawing upon good practice examples from a range of other countries. The paper concludes by discussing the economic and social viability of encouraging more women in the UK to enter self-employment without fully recognising the intensely competitive sectors in which they are often located
Labour migration, communities and perceptions of social cohesion in England
Abstract
The unexpected scale of labour migration from eastern Europe to the UK following EU enlargement in 2004 was thought
to pose a threat to the cohesiveness of those local communities hosting larger influxes of migrants. Nevertheless,
areas rich in community capacity may have been able to incorporate migrant workers in ways that sustained social
cohesion. This paper explores the effects of labour migration on residents’ perceptions of social cohesion in urban
areas in England using multivariate statistical techniques. The statistical results suggest that post-enlargement migration
weakened social cohesion, but that the prospects of social incorporation were better in areas with stronger community
capacity. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed
Annual review article: Is it time to rethink the gender agenda in entrepreneurship research?
This article develops a critique of contemporary approaches to analysing the impact of gender upon entrepreneurial propensity and activity. Since the 1990s, increasing attention has been afforded to the influence of gender upon women’s entrepreneurial behaviour; such analyses have highlighted an embedded masculinity within the entrepreneurial discourse which privileges men as normative entrepreneurial actors. Whilst invaluable in revealing a prevailing masculine bias within entrepreneurship, this critique is bounded by positioning women as a proxy for the gendered subject. This is a potentially limiting analysis that does not fully recognise gender as a human property with myriad articulations enacted throughout entrepreneurial activity. To progress debate, we engage more deeply with the notion of gender as a multiplicity exploring the implications of such for future studies of entrepreneurial activity
South Carolina home-based food production law guidance
The South Carolina Home-based Food
Production Law guidance document
was developed to provide clear and consistent
information about the law for home-based
food producers to assist them in following
the law and providing quality and safe food to
South Carolina consumers. This guidance document outlines the
requirements of the law, which foods are
allowed and not allowed, labeling, using the
SC DHEC ID number system and more
Small firms and the failure of national skills policies: adopting an institutional perspective
Exploring the dynamics of gender, feminism and entrepreneurship: advancing debate to escape a dead end?
Annual report
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