Investing in social capital: The case of small-scale, cross-border traders in post-communist Central Europe

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 751-770

  Wallace, Claire ^a   Shmulyar, Oksana ^a   Bedzir, Vasil ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENT; POST-COMMUNISM; TRADE FLOW;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033378727     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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