Ethnic minority businesses and immigrant entrepreneurship in Greece

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-158

  Piperopoulos, Panagiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Ethnic groups; Ethnic minorities; Greece; Self employed workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049084496     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001011019170     Document Type: Article

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