New orientations in ethnic entrepreneurship: Motivation, goals and strategies of new generation ethnic entrepreneurs

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 83-112

  Baycan Levent, Tüzin ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b   Sahin, Mediha ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Break out strategies; Entrepreneurial motivation; Ethnic entrepreneurship; External orientation; Sectoral choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149085218     PISSN: 17402816     EISSN: 17402824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJFIP.2009.022100     Document Type: Article

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