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The evolution of black African entrepreneurship in the UK / Sanya Ojo, University of East London, UK.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ojo, Sanya, 1960- author.
- Series:
- Premier reference source.
- Advances in business strategy and competitive advantage. 2327-3429.
- Premier reference source
- Gale eBooks
- Advances in business strategy and competitive advantage (ABSCA) book series, 2327-3429
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minority business enterprises--Great Britain.
- Minority business enterprises.
- Africans--Great Britain.
- Africans.
- Africans--Employment--Great Britain.
- Entrepreneurship--Great Britain.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- Great Britain.
- Africa--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Hershey, Pennsylvania : Business Science Reference, [2019]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- "This book focuses on the character of the black Africans' methods of economic agency in a Western developed society. It explains why people leave Africa, what they encounter, their interactions with the host community, their strategies of inclusion, and perceived exclusions from the mainstream of the British society"
- Contents:
- Section 1. Pre-migration phase. Chapter 1. Introduction and overview ; Chapter 2. Background to migration: Africa's informal economy structural and governance issues ; Chapter 3. Black Africans' migration to Europe: historical migration trends, current migration processes, and its effects
- Section 2. Migration phase. Chapter 4. Black African entrepreneurship in the UK ; Chapter 5. Ethnic associations and entrepreneurship ; Chapter 6. The informal and illegal entrepreneurship ; Chapter 7. Being and belonging: minority within minority ; Chapter 8. Diaspora and transnational entrepreneurship
- Section 3. Post-migration phase. Chapter 9. Second-generation entrepreneurship ; Chapter 10. Returnee entrepreneurship.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781522576327
- 1522576320
- OCLC:
- 1076271227
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