Cultural resources and ethnic entrepreneurship: A case study of the Portuguese real estate industry in Toronto

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-281

  Teixeira, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community resources; Ethnic entrepreneurship; Portuguese; Real estate industry

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNICITY; SERVICE SECTOR;

CANADA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 0032413791     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1998.tb01895.x     Document Type: Article

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