Strangers on the move: Ethnic entrepreneurs as urban change actors

European Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 376-402

  Kourtit, Karima ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^a  

^a VU University   (Netherlands)

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BUSINESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; MIGRANT WORKER; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA;

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EID: 84860776742     PISSN: 10627987     EISSN: 14740575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1062798711000627     Document Type: Review

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