The impact of cultural diversity on firm innovation: evidence from Dutch micro-data

IZA Journal of Migration

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

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

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Immigration; Innovation; Knowledge spillovers; Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983301302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21939039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-9039-2-18     Document Type: Article

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