Matching opportunities with resources: A framework for analysing (migrant) entrepreneurship from a mixed embeddedness perspective

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-45

  Kloosterman, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immigrant entrepreneurship; Mixed embeddedness; Opportunity structure; Social capital; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ENTREPRENEUR; IMMIGRANT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 77950920611     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620903220488     Document Type: Article

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