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Place, sorting effects and barriers to enterprise in deprive

Policies to stimulate enterprise in deprived areas typically attempt to remove the specific obstacles faced by firms in deprived locations. Yet there is little evidence that firms in deprived areas actually perceive different problems to those in more affluent places. Alternatively, different types...

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Main Author: Lee, Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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245 |a Place, sorting effects and barriers to enterprise in deprive  |c Different problems or different firms? / Lee, Neil. 
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520 |a Policies to stimulate enterprise in deprived areas typically attempt to remove the specific obstacles faced by firms in deprived locations. Yet there is little evidence that firms in deprived areas actually perceive different problems to those in more affluent places. Alternatively, different types of firms may locate in deprived places. This article uses a sample of 7670 English SMEs to investigate this issue. It asks two questions: Do firms in deprived areas perceive different barriers to success than other firms? And is this because of their location (a  
650 |a Social Exclusion 
650 |a Smes 
650 |a Deprived Areas 
650 |a Entrepreneurship 
773 |a International Small Business Journal  |d December 
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