Financial education in small ethnic minority businesses in the UK
Hussain, Javed G. and Matlay, H. and Scott, J.M. (2008) Financial education in small ethnic minority businesses in the UK. Education and Training, 50 (8-9). pp. 737-747. ISSN 00400912 (ISSN)
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to set out to evaluate the financial education needs of ethnic minority SMEs in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. Design/methodology/approach - A postal survey was used to investigate the financial needs of owner/managers in 64 ethnic minority SMEs and a control sample of 23 non-ethnic SMEs. Findings - The results show that owner/managers of micro-businesses have lower educational achievements as well as higher financial education needs than their counterparts in small and medium-sized firms. In contrast, owner/managers in small and medium-sized businesses have relatively higher educational achievements and a better appreciation of the role of financial education. Similar trends were observed in non-ethnic SMEs in the control sample. Originality/value - This article makes an empirically rigorous contribution to a relatively under researched aspect of SME research. The authors recommend that government agencies collaborate with leaders of ethnic minority communities to raise awareness of the benefits of education in general and financial education in particular. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1108/00400910810917109 | ||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ethnic minorities, Financial information, Knowledge management, Owner-managers, Small to medium-sized enterprises, United Kingdom | ||||
| Subjects: | CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-02 - business studies CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-07 - finance CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-08 - accounting |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Accountancy, Finance and Economics Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Business, Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship |
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| Depositing User: | Javed Hussain | ||||
| Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2017 14:29 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 20 Jun 2024 12:07 | ||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2376 |
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