Self-employment among Immigrants: A Test of the Blocked Mobility Hypothesis

Beaujot, Roderic; Maxim, Paul; Zhao, John

doi:10.25336/p6k882

Cited by 16 publications

(21 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, Le (2000) found the opposite relationship between these factors. Education from a host country is found to influence immigrants' business ownership both positively (Beaujot et al 1994;Akee et al 2007) and negatively (Le 2000). Moreover, Sanders and Nee (1996) found that the effect of home country education may be positive for previously uneducated immigrants and negative for immigrants with higher levels of education from their home countries.…”

Section: General Human Capitalmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Our study brings together insight on international opportunities from the entrepreneurship and international entrepreneurship literature (Alvarez et al 2013;Davidsson 2015;Mainela et al 2014), insight related to individual entrepreneurs from the immigrant entrepreneurship literature (Beaujot et al 1994;Bonacich 1973;Kloosterman and Rath 2001;Light 2000;Ram et al 2003) and a resource-based view of internationalisation focusing on general human and financial capital (Peng 2001;Westhead et al 2001). This study has implications for the literature on both international and immigrant entrepreneurship.…”

Section: Implications For Theory and Practicementioning

confidence: 98%

“…On the individual level, education from a home country is normally positively related to immigrants' business ownership (Li 2001;Sanders and Nee 1996;Beaujot et al 1994). However, Le (2000) found the opposite relationship between these factors.…”

Section: General Human Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Differences in international opportunity identification between native and immigrant entrepreneurs

Vinogradov

Jørgensen²

2016

J Int Entrep

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The aim of this study is to understand more about how identification of international opportunities differs between native and immigrant entrepreneurs. Based on a survey of 116 immigrant and 864 native Norwegian entrepreneurs with newly registered firms, we show that immigrant entrepreneurs are more likely to identify international opportunities than native entrepreneurs are. We reveal important differences in the identification process between native and immigrant entrepreneurs. Whereas general human capital has a significant positive effect on international opportunity identification for native entrepreneurs, we cannot find the same effect among immigrant entrepreneurs. Moreover, although financial capital positively influences international opportunity identification among native entrepreneurs, the same effect is significantly negative among immigrant entrepreneurs. Based on these findings, we conclude that native and immigrant entrepreneurs do not utilise the same resources to identify international opportunities. This study contributes to the literature on international entrepreneurship by documenting significant differences in how native and immigrant entrepreneurs identify international opportunities. It also contributes to immigrant entrepreneurship literature by bringing the opportunity-based view of entrepreneurship into the field.Resumen Este estudio responde a la interrogante de cómo la identificación de oportunidades internacionales difiere entre emprendedores inmigrantes y nativos. Para ello se utilizó datos de encuesta dirigida a emprendedores quienes recientemente registraron sus empresas. La muestra consistió en 116 emprendedores inmigrantes y 864 emprendedores noruegos. Los resultados indican que los emprendedores inmigrantes son más propensos a identificar oportunidades internacionales que sus pares noruegos. Asimismo, se obtuvieron diferencias importantes en el proceso de identificación de oportunidades entre emprendedores nativos e inmigrantes. En primer lugar, el capital humano tiene un efecto positivo y significativo en la identificación de oportunidades internacionales para los emprendedores nativos pero no para los emprendedores inmigrantes. En segundo lugar, el capital financiero influencia de manera positiva la identificación de oportunidades internacionales para emprendedores nativos, al contrario, los emprendedores inmigrantes reciben una influencia negativa del mismo efecto. En base a estos resultados, se concluye que los emprendedores nativos e inmigrantes no recurren a los mismos recursos para identificar oportunidades internacionales. A la vez, este artículo contribuye a la literatura de emprendedurismo sobre inmigrantes al integrar la perspectiva de emprendedurismo basado en oportunidades.Palabras claves Oportunidades internacionales; emprendedurismo internacional; emprendedurismo inmigrante; visión basada en recursos; capital financiero; Noruega.

show abstract

Section: General Human Capitalmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Implications For Theory and Practicementioning

confidence: 98%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Differences in international opportunity identification between native and immigrant entrepreneurs

Vinogradov

Jørgensen²

2016

J Int Entrep

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Finally, persons endowed with high human capital are rarely forced into self-employment by acute need for an income and, therefore, have more time to develop detailed business plans. It is argued that education may have a very different impact on self-employment in professional versus non-professional occupations (Beaujot et al 1994). However, the majority of academicians agree that an individual's education is positively related to overall entrepreneurial activity in developed countries.…”

Section: Human Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, the effects of home-country and host-country education may interplay. Beaujot et al (1994) argues that immigrants with low total educational attainment who have acquired some education in the country of settlement have higher chances of being self-employed. Such people have advantages in the form of relevant knowledge about the host-country acquired during the study.…”

Section: Human Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural background, human capital and self-employment rates among immigrants in Norway

Vinogradov

Kolvereid

2007

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Community Resources and Opportunities in Ethnic Economies: A Case Study of Portuguese and Black Entrepreneurs in Toronto

Teixeira

2001

Urban Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Relatively few attempts have been made by geographers in Canada to study the structure and development of ethnic entrepreneurship among immigrant groups, and particularly among visible minorities. The purpose of this study is to examine the behaviour, strategies and barriers faced by owners of ethnic businesses in order to evaluate how race and ethnicity impact upon entrepreneurship. In particular, the study aims at investigating whether intergroup differences exist with respect to the utilisation of group resources (such as family, friends, and community support/ties) and how these resources contribute to the formation, maintenance and success of Portuguese- and Black-owned businesses. Data were obtained from a questionnaire survey that was administered to Portuguese and Black entrepreneurs in the Toronto CMA. The evidence indicates that Portuguese differ significantly from Black entrepreneurs in that they rely more often on their community ('ethnic') resources. However, Black entrepreneurs encountered more barriers in starting and/or operating their current business, particularly in obtaining credit/loans from financial institutions and banks. Nonetheless, despite such barriers, Black entrepreneurs are more optimistic than the Portuguese with respect to the future of their businesses. The 'demographic revolution' that is taking place in Canada, and particularly in Toronto—with the arrival of important contingents of visible minorities—is pointed to by Black entrepreneurs as one of the major reasons for their optimism regarding the growth of Black entrepreneurship in Toronto.

show abstract

Self-employment among Immigrants: A Test of the Blocked Mobility Hypothesis

Cited by 16 publications

References 0 publications

Differences in international opportunity identification between native and immigrant entrepreneurs

Differences in international opportunity identification between native and immigrant entrepreneurs

Cultural background, human capital and self-employment rates among immigrants in Norway

Community Resources and Opportunities in Ethnic Economies: A Case Study of Portuguese and Black Entrepreneurs in Toronto

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About