Mobile entrepreneurs : an ethnographic study of the migration of the highly skilled /

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Author / Creator:Sontag, Katrin.
Imprint:Opladen, Germany : Budrich UniPress Ltd., ©2018.
Description:1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11780831
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ISBN:9783863883607
3863883608
9783863887902
3863887905
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Summary:Migration, mobility, and globalization are transforming ways of working and living. Business activities, relationships and a sense of belonging are often not tied to any one place. This book explores biographies of highly mobile startup founders who often run startups that have been called?born global?. It describes how they move, how they orientate and perceive themselves, and how migration and mobility play a role beyond the physical act of?moving?. Presenting current ethnographic research, the book critically discusses approaches in migration and mobility studies and the research field of the?migration of the highly skilled?
Standard no.:10.3224/86388790

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