Revisiting ethnic entrepreneurship: Convergencies, controversies, and conceptual advancements

International Migration Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1040-1074

  Zhou, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNICITY;

EID: 10944233843     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00228.x     Document Type: Review

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