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Israeli Infotech Migrants in Silicon Valley
Steven J. Gold
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences January 2018, 4 (1) 130-148; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.1.08
Steven J. Gold
aProfessor of sociology at Michigan State University

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Israeli Infotech Migrants in Silicon Valley
Steven J. Gold
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Jan 2018, 4 (1) 130-148; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.1.08
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- Article
- Abstract
- METHODS
- FROM CONDEMNATION TO ENCOURAGEMENT OF EMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- ISRAELI EMIGRATION AND THE ORIGINS OF ISRAELI IMMIGRANTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN HIGH-TECHNOLOGY OCCUPATIONS
- THE ORIGINS OF THE INFOTECH NICHE
- COETHNIC COOPERATION IN BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
- BUSINESS SUCCESS AND COMMUNAL SATISFACTION
- GENDER AND ADAPTATION
- RETAINING ISRAEL-NESS IN AMERICA
- A BRIEF COMPARISON OF ISRAELI AND INDIAN INFOTECH MIGRANTS IN SILICON VALLEY
- COMMUNITY-BASED IMPACTS OF ISRAELI EMIGRANTS’ CONCENTRATION IN INFOTECH
- CONCLUSION
- FOOTNOTES
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