Cultural diversity and urban innovativeness: Personal and business characteristics of urban migrant entrepreneurs

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-281

  Sahin, Mediha ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Rietdijk, Marius ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Driving forces; Migrant entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; ENTREPRENEUR; FIELD SURVEY; INNOVATION; MIGRATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

EID: 74749091263     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: 14698412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610903354364     Document Type: Article

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