Transnational entrepreneurial activities: A qualitative network study of self-employed migrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany

Social Networks

Volumn 53, Issue , 2018, Pages 136-147

  Sommer, Elena ^a,b   Gamper, Markus ^c,d  

^a Social and Decision Sciences   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d Steinbeis School of International Business and Entrepreneurship Herrenberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Migrant entrepreneurs; Qualitative network analysis; Transnational entrepreneurship; Transnational social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019581006     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2017.04.007     Document Type: Article

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