scholarly journals Do Immigrant Entrepreneurs Have Natural Cognitive Advantages for International Entrepreneurial Activity?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Helen Middermann
Keyword(s):  
International Entrepreneurship ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Characteristics ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunities ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Favorable Evaluation

Are entrepreneurs with an immigration background more willing to internationalize their entrepreneurial firms compared to their nonimmigrant peers? Previous research has already emphasized that immigrant entrepreneurs possess superior human resources and social capabilities—such as international experience, networks and language skills—that help them to better identify and evaluate international entrepreneurial opportunities. However, literature other than capability-based explanations is rare, and thus it is not yet understood in what sense immigrant entrepreneurs differ from other entrepreneurs in terms of their cognitive characteristics for international entrepreneurial activity. This study addresses this gap by involving a quantitative study of Berlin-based high-tech founding entrepreneurs to empirically investigate how immigrant entrepreneurs vary in their cognitive characteristics, and how this affects their intention to engage in international entrepreneurship. The findings show that immigrant entrepreneurs possess higher levels of proactive behavior, which lead to a more favorable evaluation of international business opportunities, and in turn positively affect the willingness to engage in international entrepreneurial activity. This contributes to a deeper understanding of immigrant entrepreneurs’ natural cognitive advantages and the role they play for entrepreneurial growth, success and national economic development.

Capturing Transnational Entrepreneurial Opportunities through Dual Identification: Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Transnational Activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamizah Abd Hamid ◽  
Abu Hanifah Ayob ◽  
Farhana Sidek ◽  
Zizah Che Senik
Keyword(s):  
Host Country ◽  
International Entrepreneurship ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurship ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunities ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Transnational Activities ◽  
Dual Identification

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore the way immigrant entrepreneurs (IEs) capture transnational opportunities in their home and host countries. Through an identity lens, this study adopts a qualitative approach in examining transnational entrepreneurship activities conducted by IEs from three countries (Indonesia, Pakistan and South Korea [henceforth Korea]) in one host country (Malaysia). The findings indicate that IEs’ home-host country identities enable them to recognize and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities in multiple countries through unique resources difficult to be imitated by competitors in their home and host countries. This paper contributes to the international entrepreneurship literature by introducing an identity-sensitive model of immigrant entrepreneurship in transnational spaces which will be useful for policy and practice concerning trade and migration.

DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A DIVERSE SOCIAL SETTING-EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIAN AND SINGAPOREAN MANAGERS

2001 ◽  
Vol 09 (03) ◽  
pp. 273-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
CECIL A. L. PEARSON ◽  
SAMIR R. CHATTERJEE
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
International Entrepreneurship ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
Social Setting ◽  
Geographic Boundaries ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The One

Despite the growing acceptance that entrepreneurship facilitates national economic growth there has been a lack of research in diverse international contexts. This paper assesses relationships between contextual work setting properties and three personality characteristics that have been identified in the Western literature as being associated with entrepreneurial motivation. Responses from 410 Australian and Singaporean entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs demonstrate on the one hand there was systematic entrepreneurial variation between the two countries, but on the other hand, the influence of personal attributes on entrepreneurship were not hampered by geographic boundaries. The findings are discussed in terms of challenges for international entrepreneurship.

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Programs on Minorities

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 303-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lyons ◽  
Laurina Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Entrepreneurship Training ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunities ◽  
Short Run ◽  
The Impact

We document the impact of an entrepreneurship training program on startup activity of minorities (females and non-Caucasians). We compare entrepreneurial activity between applicants who are accepted into the program with applicants who are program finalists but not accepted. We find that the effect of the program is small for minorities in the short run. However, the effect of the program is more pronounced for minorities' likelihood of longer run startup activity, whereas the effect on non-minorities is small and statistically insignificant. We suggest that such programs are most effective for individuals that may otherwise have limited access to entrepreneurial opportunities.

scholarly journals Strategic Alliances And New Product Development In High-Tech Ventures: The Moderating Role Of Alliance Type And Alliance Capability

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Sang-Mi Moon ◽  
Moon-Goo Huh
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
Alliance Management ◽  
Management Capability ◽  
Alliance Management Capability ◽  
The Relationship

Strategy scholars have proposed that capacity for managing alliance can be a source of superior performance. This study focuses on the role of this capacity, and investigates how alliance management capability of entrepreneurial firms affects the relationship between a firm’s allying and its performance. Because the capability is inherently unobservable, we take alliance experience and average duration of each alliance as proxy variables for measuring alliance management capability. An analysis of multiple allies of entrepreneurial ventures in Korean photovoltaic industry indicate that capacity for managing varying allies, and alliance type positively moderate the relation between alliance and its innovation outcomes.

The mediation role of public governance in the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-333
Author(s):  
Allam Mohammed Hamdan ◽  
Reem Khamis ◽  
Ammar Abdulla Al Hawaj ◽  
Elisabetta Barone
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Oil Revenues ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediation role of public governance in the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach To achieve this aim, the study uses a 20-year time series analysis (1996–2015) and tests the effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth, through public governance, via a mediator model. Findings The study has determined that public governance buoys the positive effect that entrepreneurship activities exert on economic growth in the UAE. Based on this determination, the study posits a set of recommendations that focus on supporting entrepreneurship activities that play a significant role in economic growth. Originality/value The study adds to the literature on the impact of entrepreneurship on economies dependent on oil revenues vis-à-vis a public policy perspective. The study provides insights into the type of entrepreneurship that most efficaciously suits the Emirati social and cultural milieu in terms of fostering national economic growth. In addition, the study limns a vision of the role of public governance in creating an enabling environment that stimulates entrepreneurial activity and, in turn, increases economic growth in the Emirates.

scholarly journals Resilient agility in volatile economies: institutional and organizational antecedents

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismail Gölgeci ◽  
Ahmad Arslan ◽  
Desislava Dikova ◽  
David M. Gligor
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunities ◽  
Institutional Instability ◽  
Organizational Antecedents

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to scrutinize the interplay between resilience and agility in explicating the concept of resilient agility and discuss institutional and organizational antecedents of resilient agility in volatile economies. Design/methodology/approach The authors develop a conceptual framework that offers an original account of underlying means of ambidextrous capabilities for organizational change and behaviors in volatile economies and how firms stay both resilient and agile in such contexts. Findings The authors suggest that resilient agility, an ambidextrous capability of sensing and acting on environmental changes nimbly while withstanding unfavorable disruptions, can explain entrepreneurial firms’ survival and prosperity. The authors then address institutional (instability and estrangement) and organizational (entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and bricolage) antecedents of resilient agility in volatile economies. Originality/value The authors highlight that unfavorable conditions in volatile economies might have bright sides for firms that can leverage them as entrepreneurial opportunities and propose that firms can achieve increased resilient agility when high levels of institutional instability and estrangement are matched with high levels of EO and bricolage.

The mediating role of female migration on social entrepreneurship activity

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-281
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Orr ◽  
Jill Kickul ◽  
Lisa Gundry ◽  
Mark Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Female Migration ◽  
Regression Techniques

Social entrepreneurial firms exist within environments that are often severely resource constrained. The purpose of this study is to investigate several macro-level factors that can stimulate or impede the emergence of social entrepreneurship. Although little prior research on how these determinants impact social entrepreneurship has been conducted, this study reveals that several crucial macro-level variables appear to be related to social entrepreneurship. Unlike previous studies, this study employs enhanced variables designed to capture local perceptions as well as secondary data inputs. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression techniques were used to understand their effects on social entrepreneurial activity. The results reveal that a country’s governance and female migration are related to the level of social entrepreneurial activity. In addition, positive female migration serves as an important mediating role between governance and increased levels of social entrepreneurial activity. Moreover, implications for understanding the role of macro-level factors on social entrepreneurship as well as the study’s limitations are discussed.

Immigrant and second-generation Turkish entrepreneurs in Melbourne Australia

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasemin Soydas ◽  
Torgeir Aleti
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
Business Establishment ◽  
First And Second Generation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the key differences between first- and second-generation immigrant entrepreneurs in their path to entrepreneurship. The aim of the study is to better understand entrepreneurial motivations amongst immigrants by comparing first- and second-generation entrepreneurs in their motivation for business entry, reliance on co-ethnic market, use of social and financial capital, business planning and marketing practices. Design/methodology/approach – Using an interpretivist approach and a qualitative design, this study comprises 20 in-depth interviews with first- and second-generation Turkish entrepreneurs (TEs) in Melbourne, Australia. Turks in Australia were chosen because of their high level of entrepreneurial activity. In order to uncover deep-seeded motivations, participants were interviewed in a face-to-face format guided by a semi-structured interview guide. Findings – The second-generation TEs were distinctively different from their first-generation counterparts in motivation for business entry, business establishment and use of ethnicity. The analysis shows that although the generations differ in their approach to business establishment, they both appear to be drawn to entrepreneurship based on “pull factors”. This is in contrast with previous literature suggesting that first-generation immigrant entrepreneurs were motivated by “push factors”. Originality/value – This paper suggests that both first- and second-generation immigrant entrepreneurs are “pulled” into entrepreneurship voluntarily. While the first-generation entrepreneurs seem to be motivated/pulled by financial reasons, the second generation are motivated by opportunity recognition, status and ambition. Nevertheless, a lack of trust in government support agency is found within both generations. Thus, outreach activities towards entrepreneurial immigrant communities may have positive effects for the economy as well as in the integration of ethnic enclaves.

Human Resource Blueprints in Irish High-Tech Start-up Firms

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
Mary A. Keating ◽  
Mariabrisa Olivares
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Start Ups

Focusing on Irish high-tech start-ups, this paper reports on the results of an empirical study of organization building by entrepreneurial firms, specifically in relation to human resource practices. The research findings are benchmarked with findings from SPEC, the Stanford Project of Emerging Companies (Baron and Hannan, 2002). Human resources management and entrepreneurial research have rarely been combined in the literature and there is no distinct body of work in the area of human resource management in entrepreneurial firms.

scholarly journals Strategic Legal Regulation in the Field of Implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems in Russia

2021 ◽  
pp. 611-620
Author(s):  
Viacheslav N. Voronin ◽  
Arseniy A. Bimbinov ◽  
Alla L. Blagodir
Keyword(s):  
Financial Regulation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Unmanned Vehicles ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Intelligent Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport

This paper focuses on the potential problems of the introduction of digital technologies in transport in the socio-economic and legal dimension based on the assessment of the current state and development trends of the info and communication in the transport infrastructure in Russia, foreign experience. Moreover, it performs specific proposals for legal and financial regulation of issues and minimization of risks of liability for harm in conditions development of information transport systems. The paper analyses the role of the programs “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation” and “Safe and High-Quality Roads” in the development of intelligent transport systems that constitute some promising areas of the use of unmanned vehicles to improve the quality of life of people. Furthermore, we assess the development of entrepreneurial activity, high-tech industries, and the increase the investment attractiveness of Russia and analyse the strengthening of its position in the international arena. When it comes to the methodology, we use legal analytics, legislative technology, comparative law, and expert assessments. The results of this research reveal the features of the legal regulation of new and promising emerging relations in the digital economy. This is a strategic legal planning and legal experiment. Based on this conclusion, a system of prerequisites for the development of intelligent transport systems based on the analysis of national programs is formulated. The system of prerequisites includes three levels: I) technological prerequisites, II) infrastructural; and III) regulatory

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