Ethnic entrepreneurs in America's largest metropolitan areas

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 332-360

  Razin, Eran ^a   Light, Ivan ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 2542622102     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107808749803300305     Document Type: Article

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