Against a background of perceptions of women's low participation in entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom, this paper critically reviews recent policy developments in the provision of public sector support for women in enterprise. The available statistical evidence for women's participation in...

The authors examine the provision of enterprise support to ethnic minority businesses (EMBs) in five cities in the United Kingdom. The central focus is on the nature of support provision, including relationship with the commercial banks. It is well established that EMBs are underrepresented as...

This paper provides an analysis of the role of 'outside' or nonexecutive directors (NEDs) and their relationship with chief executive officers (CEOs) and entrepreneurs or 'insiders' in small growth companies. We discuss research results from a matched sample of forty-six interviews with a core...