Ethnic foundations of economic transactions: Mexican and Korean immigrant entrepreneurs in Chicago

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 783-801

  Raijman, Rebeca ^a   Tienda, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Ethnic economy; Ethnic entrepreneurship; Koreans; Mexicans; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141726575     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141987032000109032     Document Type: Article

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