Social capital as a resource for migrant entrepreneurship : self-employed migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany / Elena Sommer.

In her explorative study that is based on data from 62 qualitative interviews, Elena Sommer examines the use of social capital for entrepreneurial activities of self-employed migrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany. She analyses what type of social capital is used by migrants as a resource...

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Main Author: Sommer, Elena
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Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden : Springer VS, 2020.
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