Characteristics and business profiles of immigrant-owned small firms: the case of African immigrant entrepreneurs in Greece

@article{Halkias2009CharacteristicsAB,
  title={Characteristics and business profiles of immigrant-owned small firms: the case of African immigrant entrepreneurs in Greece},
  author={Daphne Halkias and Chinedum Uzoma Nwajiuba and Nicholas Harkiolakis and Garry James Clayton and Patrick Dimitris Akrivos and Sylva M. Caracatsanis},
  journal={International Journal of Business Innovation and Research},
  year={2009},
  volume={3},
  pages={382-401}
}
Research cites that immigrant businesses are closely intertwined with national interest in community, economic and social development. In addition, national economic and social science research, and statistics reflect that immigrant entrepreneurship in Greece has a direct economic impact on the local economies and provides a springboard for successful immigrant social integration into the host society. The second article of a dynamic five-year project to research and promote the unique… 
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