Diaspora entrepreneurs as institutional change agents: The case of Thamel.com

International Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 670-680

  Riddle, Liesl ^a   Brinkerhoff, Jennifer ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Diaspora; Ethnic entrepreneurship; Institutional change; Institutional theory; International entrepreneurship; Nepal

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251530965     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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