The strength of family networks in transnational immigrant entrepreneurship

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-106

  Mustafa, Michael ^a   Chen, Stephen ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77049100497     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20317     Document Type: Article

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