Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 737-747 |
Journal | Education + Training |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
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Financial education in small ethnic minority businesses in the UK. / Hussain, Javed; Matlay, Harry; Scott, Jonathan.
In: Education + Training, Vol. 8, No. 9, 2008, p. 737-747.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Financial education in small ethnic minority businesses in the UK
AU - Hussain, Javed
AU - Matlay, Harry
AU - Scott, Jonathan
N1 - 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.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
KW - financial awareness and knowledge
KW - owner manager education
KW - financial
KW - small businesses
U2 - 10.1108/00400910810917109
DO - 10.1108/00400910810917109
M3 - Article
VL - 8
SP - 737
EP - 747
JO - Education and Training
JF - Education and Training
SN - 0040-0912
IS - 9
ER -