Immigrant entrepreneurs, the ethnic enclave strategy, and venture performance

Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 790-818

  Ndofor, Hermann Achidi ^a   Priem, Richard L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnic enclave; immigrant entrepreneurship; new venture performance; new venture strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954562312     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206309345020     Document Type: Article

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