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Immigration, Entrepreneurship and the Venture Start-up Process

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Herbert J. Schuetze

  2. Department of Economics, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, USA

    Heather Antecol

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Schuetze, H.J., Antecol, H. (2006). Immigration, Entrepreneurship and the Venture Start-up Process. In: Parker, S. (eds) The Life Cycle of Entrepreneurial Ventures. International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32313-8_5

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