Entrepreneurship, ethnicity and local contexts: Hispanic entrepreneurs in three U.S. southern metropolitan areas

GeoJournal

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 167-182

  Wang, Qingfang ^a   Li, Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American South; Ethnic entrepreneurship; Hispanics Latinos; Immigration; Urban contexts

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRATION; PUBLIC USABLE MICRODATA SAMPLES (PUMS);

EMPLOYMENT;

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE; METROPOLITAN AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347359540     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9081-0     Document Type: Article

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