High-tech immigrant entrepreneurship in the united states

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-129

  Hart, David M ^a   Acs, Zoltan J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; high technology; immigration; public policy; United States

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; POLICY MAKING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954568067     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242410394336     Document Type: Article

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