The Contribution of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities to Entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom

The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Levie, Jonathan ^a   Hart, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Ethnicity; GEM; Immigration; In migrants; Minority; Minority entrepreneurship; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880137287     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199580866.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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