This volume brings together 12 essays by economics, entrepreneurship, business, and other researchers from Europe, who examine the relationship between processes of global migration and entrepreneurship within social, cultural, and political contexts. They first explore current debates and theoretical advancements in the field of migrant entrepreneurship: the existing literature on the topic, existing conceptualizations of ethnic entrepreneurship and ways to be more inclusive, cosmopolitan entrepreneurs in Finland, gendered and ethnicity-based strategies of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs, and refugee entrepreneurs. The second section addresses the transnational nature of migrant entrepreneurship and its socioeconomic impact at the individual and country levels, including Albanian migrants and returnees, the concept of symbolic capital in terms of migrant entrepreneurs, the transnational nature of the opportunity structure and the concept of multicultural hybridism as a framework to understand breakout strategies of migrant entrepreneurs, the importance of diaspora networks in immigrant business foundation by Ukrainians in Poland, Mexican entrepreneurial activities in Canada, and the concept and dimensions of diversity in entrepreneurship and migration. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Global Migration, Entrepreneurship and Society seeks to develop a much-needed theoretical and policy-related set of writings that can cast light on the workings and complexities of processes of global migration, entrepreneurship and societal integration.
In the field of business and management, the core concept associated with migration sees “difference and distance” as liabilities, whether they are national, cultural, geographic, or semantic. While existing research is valuable, recently it has been suggested that an emphasis on liabilities and adverse outcomes associated with such differences may hinder our understanding of the conditions that help to leverage the value of diversity in a wide range of contexts.
Global Migration, Entrepreneurship and Society seeks to explore these seemingly interconnected processes, offering a safe space to critically examine the specific political contexts of excluded groups and develop a much-needed theoretical and policy-related set of writings that can cast light on the workings and complexities of processes of global migration, entrepreneurship and societal integration.
In the field of business and management, the core concept associated with migration sees “difference and distance” as liabilities, whether they are national, cultural, geographic, or semantic. While existing research is valuable, recently it has been suggested that an emphasis on liabilities and adverse outcomes associated with such differences may hinder our understanding of the conditions that help to leverage the value of diversity in a wide range of contexts. Global Migration, Entrepreneurship and Society seeks to explore these seemingly interconnected processes, offering a safe space to critically examine the specific political contexts of excluded groups and develop a much-needed theoretical and policy-related set of writings that can cast light on the workings and complexities of processes of global migration, entrepreneurship and societal integration.
