Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries: Company characteristics, survival and innovative performance

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 871-889

  Mueller, Elisabeth ^a  

^a FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Immigrants; Innovation; Knowledge intensive industries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896397607     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9498-4     Document Type: Article

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