Economic performance of migrant entrepreneurs in the high- tech sector: Design and application of the galaxy model

Migration Impact Assessment: New Horizons

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 227-260

  Sahin, Mediha ^a   Todiras, Alina ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Masurel, Enno ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84881671068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857934581.00016     Document Type: Chapter

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