Learning Objectives

At the end of this chapter you should be able to:

1. Discuss the differing importance of men, women and ethnic minorities in entrepreneurship

2. Discuss factors that might affect the importance and diversity of such roles

3. Assess the impact of recent policies to support the role of women and ethnic minorities

4. Discuss and account for the importance of Asian and African-Caribbean entrepreneurs

5. Describe the untapped potential of development that still exists with African and Caribbean entrepreneurs

6. Eplain why ethnic-minority entrepreneurs are dependent on bank finance

7. Dscuss why the issue of ‘break-out’ has become an important issue for the future development of ethnicminority entrepreneurs

8. Describe recent policy initiatives to support women’s enterprise in the UK.