Business Support and Minority Ethnic Businesses in England

Dhaliwal, Spinder

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“…Earlier studies in the UK by Jones and McEvoy (1986) and Ram and Deakins (1995) showed that African/Caribbean owners were more likely to use the services offered by public enterprise agencies than either White owners or South Asians. A relatively recent investigation of the attitudes towards so-called business support provision in the UK (Dhaliwal, 2008) confirms these results. African/Caribbean owners had the most positive attitudes towards such programmes, while owners from Asia had a moderately positive attitude.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…The other ethnic groups relied more on informal support networks. One possible reason, which is supported by this study, is that this established African/Caribbean group is less successful at getting bank loans and suffers from a lack of informal networks (Dhaliwal, 2008). Hussain and Matlay (2008) investigated the provision of vocational education and training in small ethnic minority businesses in the UK.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…The findings confirm, for example, that the immigrant managers/owners were, on average, more satisfied with the quality of education than the native group. It might be the result of well-tailored workshops and sessions that fulfilled the needs of these relatively unprivileged groups (Schlosser, 2012;Bank of England, 2002, Dhaliwal, 2008. They also regarded participation in business development programmes as a valuable tool, giving knowledge and inspiration to develop the skills of management and employees in micro-firms.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In general, the results were positive, but they indicated that the programmes should be more specifically tailored towards such groups and their specific needs, which differ from those of mainstream businesses in various aspects (Fallon and Berman Brown, 2004). Other studies (Fadahunsi et al, 2000;Dhaliwal, 2008) mention a lack of awareness among entrepreneurs as the reason. Also immigrant entrepreneurs with earlier negative experiences of these programmes or those with a lack of time would not participate (Dhaliwal, 2008).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Other studies (Fadahunsi et al, 2000;Dhaliwal, 2008) mention a lack of awareness among entrepreneurs as the reason. Also immigrant entrepreneurs with earlier negative experiences of these programmes or those with a lack of time would not participate (Dhaliwal, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Purpose -The aim of the study is to investigate whether there are any differences between the attitudes towards participation in development programmes of entrepreneurs who are immigrants and those who are native-born. Design/methodology/approach -Several statistical methods, including a binary logistic regression model, were used to analyse a unique, firm-level dataset collected by the Swedish Small Business Forum in October and November 2012. The dataset was based on a questionnaire composed of 60 closed questions that was completed by 531 participants representing 395 companies. Findings -Based on the analysis of 15 different attitude variables, the empirical findings are that immigrant managers/owners are more likely to show a positive attitude to participation in development programmes, in terms of nine of those attitude variables, than their native counterparts. Because there are no data about second generation of immigrants in the sample, thus, this category may have had an impact on the results. However, there is no possibility to identify any impact on the results. Originality/value -There is no prior research focusing specifically on this question, and to the authors' knowledge, this study is the first that has attempted to deal with the issue. This study is based on a recent and unique database, and provides new evidence on the relationship between ethnicity and attitude towards participation in development programmes among entrepreneurs. Its context is different from that of prior research.

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Immigrant Entrepreneurs Out of the Shell? An Investigation of Individual Characteristics on the Propensity to Seek External Advice

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Leonelli,

Campagnolo

2023

Contributions to Management Science

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Fulfilling the need of business advisory services among Swedish immigrant entrepreneurs

Kremel

2016

JEPP

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Purpose Taking the entrepreneur’s perspective and a broad view of business advisory services, the purpose of this paper is to examine to what degree the need of business advisory services among Swedish start-ups, first-generation immigrants compared to non-immigrants, is fulfilled. Design/methodology/approach The sample data consist of a unique and comprehensive firm-level database and contain telephone interviews with 2,800 Swedish start-up entrepreneurs. The study examines 20 different kinds of business advice services, in terms of both need and use. Statistical methods such as Mann-Whitney test and regression analysis are used while controlling for entrepreneurial characteristics. Findings The findings suggest that immigrants’ compared to non-immigrants’ need for business advisory service was not fulfilled. Of the 20 different business advices, ten were fulfilled and ten were not fulfilled. Both strategic advice and operational advice were fulfilled as well as unfulfilled. Apart from ethnicity, other variables did influence the need of business advisory services. Research limitations/implications The author was not able to make comparisons between different immigrant groups. Practical implications This study offers an explorative approach that contributes on how business advisory services are differentially tailored between start-ups by immigrants and those by non-immigrants. It illustrates to what extent public- and/or private-funded organizations contribute to fulfilment of the needs of immigrant and non-immigrant start-ups. Originality/value Few studies take the entrepreneur’s perspective and from such a perspective examine the fulfilment of needs of advice regarding both private and public organizations role in the area. Both the need and the use of business advisory services are studied as well as the kind of business advice that is needed.

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Business Support and Minority Ethnic Businesses in England

Cited by 6 publications

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Attitudes towards participation in business development programmes

Attitudes towards participation in business development programmes

Immigrant Entrepreneurs Out of the Shell? An Investigation of Individual Characteristics on the Propensity to Seek External Advice

Fulfilling the need of business advisory services among Swedish immigrant entrepreneurs

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