From a niche to a world city: Barriers, opportunities and resources of ethnic Chinese businesses in Australia

Chinese Entrepreneurship and Asian Business Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 267-292

  Lever Tracy, Constance ^a   Ip, David ^b   Tracy, Noel ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 33646093703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203060308     Document Type: Chapter

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