Moving out of 'their places'? - Immigrant women care entrepreneurs in Sweden

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-361

  Pettersson, Katarina ^a   Hedberg, Charlotta ^b  

^a Nordregio   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

'racialisation'; Care sector; Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Identification; Immigrant women; In depth interviews; Motives; Space; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881016351     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2013.055307     Document Type: Article

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