Just for Starters: Commercial Gentrification by Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Amsterdam and Rotterdam Neighbourhoods

Kloosterman, Robert C.; Leun, J.P. van der

doi:10.1080/02673039982669

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“…These people usually find it difficult to get a job and setting up their own business can help with integration in the community (Kloosterman & van der Leun, 1999) and provide them with a source of income. There has been considerable research about ethnic minority entrepreneurship (Portes, 1995;Waldinger, Aldrich & Ward, 1990) but very little research has been carried out into refugee entrepreneurship.…”

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Guest editorial: Female and ethnic minority entrepreneurship

2006

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There has been an increasing level of interest in diversity in small business enterprises. This diversity has been largely focused on female and ethnic minority entrepreneurs. Although there is evidence that female entrepreneurship can have a positive impact on economic prosperity, levels of earnings remain low. The articles in this special issue further our understanding of female and minority entrepreneurs. They examine important topics such as the differences between male and female entrepreneurs in terms of confidence, growth expectations, entrepreneurial orientation and social capital, developing management skills in female entrepreneurs, their management competencies and refugee entrepreneurship.

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Section: Refugee Entrepreneurshipmentioning

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Guest editorial: Female and ethnic minority entrepreneurship

2006

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“…Others have argued that higher productivity may ensue by clustering same-language workers in the workplace (Waldinger, 1996;. Ethnic clusters may also benefit the development of trading niches unavailable to nonimmigrant entrepreneurs or niches left behind by other entrepreneurs (Kloosterman and Van der Leun, 1999).…”

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Are Immigrants' Earnings Influenced by the Characteristics of Their Neighbours?

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Research and policy contextThe issue of immigration and the resulting ethnic concentrations in some metropolitan neighbourhoods has achieved a salient position in public discourse and policy discussions in Western Europe and the United States alike. In the United States this issue has taken on increased political significance as states and the federal government have considered and sometimes enacted legislative initiatives that would restrict immigration or limit types of social benefits to immigrants already living in the country (Preston et al, 1998). The popular justification for these initiatives is that many immigrants`don't pull their own weight' and thus create`fiscal burdens' (James et al, 1998). In Western Europe this issue is implicit in the widespread adoption of`social mix' strategies wherein new housing development programmes and allocation schemes for social housing tenants have been tailored to minimize ethnic clustering (Andersson, 1998;2001;Musterd, 2003;Musterd and Andersson, 2005). In some countriesönot least in Sweden, which provides the empirical ground for this paper, but also in the Netherlands, Norway, and Denmarkö refugee-dispersal policies are triggered by implicit and sometimes explicit views that the spatial concentration of immigrants is detrimental for their integration processes (Andersson, 2004).

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“…Kloosterman and Van der Leun (1999), for instance, point out that the phenomenon of immigrant entrepreneurship offers neighbourhoods a winwin situation, creating job opportunities and making neighbourhoods more attractive. Positive approaches have also been taken in the literature with respect to the role of and sectoral contributions made by immigrant entrepreneurs in post-industrial and serviceoriented urban societies (Zachary, 2000;Rath, 2001;Sandercock, 2003;Uitermark et al, 2005), and in social integration processes via social innovation (Mumford, 2002;Gerometta et al, 2005;Gonzáles & Healey, 2005).…”

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Diversity Matters: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Contribution of Different Forms of Social Integration in Economic Performance of Cities

Eraydın

Taşan‐Kok

Vranken

2010

European Planning Studies

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While it is quite common in studies of diversity to focus on its negative aspects, this paper specifically aims to emphasize the contribution of immigrants to the urban economic performance. By exploring different kinds of social integration, this paper discusses how immigrant groups can be important agents of urban economic growth and competitiveness by liberating creative forces and enhancing the competitiveness. Immigrant entrepreneurship is defined as the most important means of social inclusion and sustained economic performance in two different cities, with different features yet hosting considerable number of immigrants with diverse characteristics, namely Antwerp (Belgium) and Izmir (Turkey). The findings of our two case studies reveal that different kinds of diversity play an important role in urban economic performance. Immigrants contribute to the growth of different forms of production and services, not only because of their talents and skills, but also because of their social connections. Social capital enables immigrants to survive in a recipient country, and integrate into an economy as active agents. They can fill the gaps in an economy as entrepreneurs or the skilled labour, which are the most important assets for the cities aiming sustained economic growth in volatile economic conditions.

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Just for Starters: Commercial Gentrification by Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Amsterdam and Rotterdam Neighbourhoods

Cited by 57 publications

References 9 publications

Guest editorial: Female and ethnic minority entrepreneurship

Guest editorial: Female and ethnic minority entrepreneurship

Are Immigrants' Earnings Influenced by the Characteristics of Their Neighbours?

Diversity Matters: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Contribution of Different Forms of Social Integration in Economic Performance of Cities

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