Migrants' entrepreneurship in transnational social fields: Research in the Italian context

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-292

  Ambrosini, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

immigration; Italy; migrants' entrepreneurship; migration policies; transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865262538     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: 14699273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2012.696970     Document Type: Article

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