Transnational entrepreneurs in an english-speaking world

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Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 87-102

  Light, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Language skills; Middleman minority; Transnational entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LANGUAGE; MINORITY GROUP; NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649554194     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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