Transnationalism as a force for ethnic minority enterprise? The case of somalis in leicester

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 565-585

  Jones, Trevor ^a,b   Ram, Monder ^a,b   Theodorakopoulos, Nick ^a,b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic minority entrepreneurship; Somalis; Transnationalism; UK

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; BUSINESS; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ENGLAND; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; LEICESTER [LEICESTER (ADS)]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956250355     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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