Self-employment policies and migrants' entrepreneurship in Germany

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-135

  Kontos, Maria ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship and biography; Migrants' entrepreneurship; Policy evaluation; Support policy

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 0038648792     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0898562032000075131     Document Type: Article

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