The impact of ethnic-religious identification on buyer-seller behaviour: a study of two enclaves

International Journal of Business and Globalisation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-33

  Stiles, Curt H ^a   Rodriguez, Carlos L ^a   Galbraith, Craig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; ethnic enclaves; religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881816506     PISSN: 17533627     EISSN: 17533635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2007.013717     Document Type: Article

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