Refugee entrepreneurship in the agri-food industry: The Swedish experience

Identifying success factors of refugee entrepreneurs in the tourism and hospitality industry

“…In doing so, it contributes to an ongoing discussion regarding both personal ambition achievement and financial performance elements to better understand entrepreneurship success (Lekovic and Maric, 2015;Yodchai et al, 2021) by combining both indicators as a vital measure for refugee entrepreneurial success. Contrary to existing entrepreneurial success studies (Bygrave, 2007;Hisrich, 2000), the current work has revealed the various environmental factors as crucial in the success of refugee entrepreneurs, besides personal and organizational characteristics (Barth and Zalkat, 2021;Fong et al, 2007;Legrain and Burridge, 2019). For example, residency rights and citizenship provide additional tools and opportunities for refugees, contributing to extant literature.…”

“…This finding relatively resolves the limited body of research describing T&H entrepreneurship as an activity rather than a process (Fu et al , 2019; Zhao et al , 2011). By integrating planned behavior theory to refugee entrepreneurship success, the results expand/refined findings of past research (Barth and Zalkat, 2021; Fong et al , 2007; Legrain and Burridge, 2019) merely addressing institutional psychological theories of entrepreneurship.…”

“…Furthermore, refugees are also pulled toward entrepreneurship for several reasons, including additional income, experience, available capital, taking more risks, perceiving opportunities better, adapting to their new environment and becoming successful by better using their abilities (Levie, 2007). Besides, according to Barth and Zalkat (2021), niche markets, previous entrepreneurial experience and the availability of family and government support are among the other motivational factors for refugees to become entrepreneurs.…”

The Relationship Between Agricultural Value Added, Investment and Consumption: Vector Error Correction Model Approach

“…Difficulty in integrating agri-food industry in upstream (Rural) because of the choice of local authorities (negative image of agro-industry actors, especially large scale), distribution, orientation strong alternatives to local government, bias in the selection of local authorities related to the system of origin of agriculture; on the other hand, the choice of the company (parallel relocation approach has been carried out, ignorance of the system and a priori, synergies are difficult to find, especially in terms of time and scale) (Béné, 2020). However, this merger is very interesting as a search for social responsibilities and barriers, economic opportunities, and legal obligations in agricultural economic development through the agglomeration of agricultural industries in rural areas (Barth & Zalkat, 2021). In terms of methodology, it will tend to be easier to integrate companies through their projects and not upstream, i.e., in the governance structuring phase.…”

Entrepreneurial effect of rural return migrants: Evidence from China

“…Meanwhile, the choice of rural return migrants to work outside, especially on a long-term basis, often means people would give up their land holdings, which will further lead to the transfer of land ( Deininger and Jin, 2009 ). Rural return migrants who return to the countryside are more likely to start their own businesses because of the relatively small amount of land available ( Barth and Zalkat, 2021 ).…”