Financial funding of immigrant businesses

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-184

  Kushnirovich, Nonna ^a   Heilbrunn, Sibylle ^a  

^a RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Financial funding; Immigrant entrepreneurs; Sources of capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249110548     PISSN: 10849467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1084946708000910     Document Type: Article

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