The diaspora solution to innovation capacity development: Immigrant entrepreneurs in the Contemporary World

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-136

  Lin, Xiaohua ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77049085729     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20319     Document Type: Article

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