Ethnic entrepreneurship and embeddedness: The case of lower Galilee

Proximity, Distance and Diversity: Issues on Economic Interaction and Local Development

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 69-88

  Sofer, Michael ^a   Schnell, Izhak ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84870243053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315245768-4     Document Type: Chapter

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