David Deakins

Biographic Data

ID1254557
NAMEDavid Deakins
GIVEN NAMESDavid
FAMILY NAMEDeakins
SIGNATUREDEAKINS D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the West of Scotland
ORCID0000-0002-7993-8987
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS36
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX3

  • Rural small firms’ use of the internet

    Open AccessLaura Galloway, John Sanders et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2011Cited by: 12References: 7

  • Minority Ethnic Enterprise in Scotland

    David Deakins, David Smallbone et al.ARTICLENew Community2009Cited by: 5References: 5

    This paper constitutes the first systematic national study on Minority Ethnic Businesses (MEBs) in Scotland. The study used a combination of research methods including secondary data from the 2001 Census, data on self-employment rates, quantitative analysis of the baseline dataset, 41 in-depth qualitative interviews and a further 32 interviews with key informants. The in-depth interviews revealed great contrasts between the experience of MEB-owne…

  • Banking on 'break-out

    M Ram, David Smallbone et al.ARTICLENew Community2003Cited by: 17References: 16

    Reflecting recent changes in the pattern of ethnic minority business activity in Britain, this paper examines the experiences of firms attempting to break out from the cramped range of generally marginal activities historically occupied by South Asian, African-Caribbean and other immigrant-origin entrepreneurs. Based on in-depth case histories supplemented by a large-scale quantitative survey, the present paper addresses the financial experiences…

  • Developing success strategies for ethnic minorities in business

    David Deakins, Madhavi Majmudar et al.ARTICLENew Community1997References: 7

    This article draws upon qualitative research with ethnic minority entrepreneurs in Strathclyde, involving 43 interviews with ethnic minority small firm owners and entrepreneurs from the Strathclyde region in Scotland and three more detailed case studies. We argue that, in Scotland, ethnic minority entrepreneurship has faced different issues from those that have been identified in the literature, success has been achieved through innovative develo…

  • African-Caribbeans in business

    M Ram, David DeakinsARTICLENew Community1996References: 6

    Despite concerns over trajectory of the ‘enterprise’ economy, there can be little doubt that ethnic minorities have played a significant role in reviving the small firm scene. With higher than average rates of self‐employment, the apparent capacity for entrepreneurship of many ethnic groups, particularly Asians, has attracted much interest. However, African‐Caribbeans are comparatively under‐represented in the small business community; they do no…

  • Policy Review Section

    J Mawson, A Williams et al.ARTICLERegional Studies1995Cited by: 2References: 6

    In this issue of the Policy Review Section, Alan Williams, Gareth Shaw and Martin Huber of the Department of Geography, University of Exeter, examine the extent to which local authorities in the UK are utilizing the promotion of the arts in their local economic development strategies. They consider in particular whether there are any systematic regional or urban rural variations in the application of such policies. In the second article, Stephen …