Immigration and innovation in european regions

Migration Impact Assessment: New Horizons

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 261-300

  Ozgen, Ceren ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b   Poot, Jacques ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84881816816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857934581.00017     Document Type: Chapter

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