The economic embeddedness of immigrant enterprise in Britain

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2002, Pages 11-31

  Barrett, Giles ^a   Jones, Trevor ^a   McEvoy, David ^a   Mcgoldrick, Chris ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Ethnic groups; Immigrants; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166754     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550210423697     Document Type: Review

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