The modern land of opportunity: Cosmopolitan cities attract independent immigrants

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The modern land of opportunity: Cosmopolitan cities attract independent immigrants. / Sevincer, A. Timur; Varnum, Michael E.W.; Kitayama, Shinobu.
Entrepreneurship and Global Cities: Diversity, Opportunity and Cosmopolitanism. ed. / Nikolai Mouraviev; Nada K. Kababadse. Taylor and Francis Inc., 2019. p. 27-47.

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Harvard

Sevincer, AT, Varnum, MEW & Kitayama, S 2019, The modern land of opportunity: Cosmopolitan cities attract independent immigrants. in N Mouraviev & NK Kababadse (eds), Entrepreneurship and Global Cities: Diversity, Opportunity and Cosmopolitanism. Taylor and Francis Inc., pp. 27-47. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429029912-3

APA

Sevincer, A. T., Varnum, M. E. W., & Kitayama, S. (2019). The modern land of opportunity: Cosmopolitan cities attract independent immigrants. In N. Mouraviev, & N. K. Kababadse (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and Global Cities: Diversity, Opportunity and Cosmopolitanism (pp. 27-47). Taylor and Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429029912-3

Vancouver

Sevincer AT, Varnum MEW, Kitayama S. The modern land of opportunity: Cosmopolitan cities attract independent immigrants. In Mouraviev N, Kababadse NK, editors, Entrepreneurship and Global Cities: Diversity, Opportunity and Cosmopolitanism. Taylor and Francis Inc. 2019. p. 27-47 doi: 10.4324/9780429029912-3

Bibtex

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