Full Description
Presenting a collection of case studies on immigrant and migrant entrepreneurship, this book offers an understanding of the phenomenon as a creation of a distinctive labor market that leads to innovation, productivity, and economic growth. As such, it contributes to SDG 8: 'Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.'
Reflecting on the increasing interest in the subject, contributors provide new perspectives of migrants in diaspora, thus offering a better grasp of lived experiences. Chapters explore the common adversities that immigrant entrepreneurs face, such as the lack of knowledge in terms of operations of the host country market, dealing with unfair treatment, and the subsequent challenge of building long term relationships with locals. Focusing on individual migrant entrepreneurship cases and the recurrent challenges that such entrepreneurs encounter, many of the chapters are written by academics who are migrants with entrepreneurial experiences, which brings a unique insight into the topic.
Exploring issues such as gender and enterprise, family business, and entrepreneurial activities, this distinctive collection provides a comprehensive overview of varied experiences of migrant entrepreneurs in both developed and developing countries.
Contents
Chapter 1: Liability of newness: Challenges faced by the immigrant entrepreneurs - A systematic review.- Chapter 2: Immigrant entrepreneurship: An international perspective.- Chapter 3: Design thinking: A methodology of entrepreneurial development for immigrant entrepreneurs.- Chapter 4: Migrants' entrepreneurship in Iceland; social context, challenges and drivers.- Chapter 5: The role of entrepreneurship in economic development: Prospects and challenges of immigrant entrepreneurship in Nepal.- Chapter 6: Cultural integration and entrepreneurship: A case study of Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs.- Chapter 7: Reassessing the journeys of migrant entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry. A cross-cultural perspective.- Chapter 8: Migrant women's entrepreneurship in an island context: Intersectionality and translocational frame.- Chapter 9: Gendered entrepreneurship and immigrant inclusion: Filipino migrant women in food business in Tokyo, Japan.- Chapter 10: The road towards successful migrant integration: How can the European Union open its doors to migrant entrepreneurship?.- Chapter 11: Cultural integration and entrepreneurship in Europe. Exploring the impact of diversity on entrepreneurial activities?.- Chapter 13: To be or not to be a samsar. Understanding motivations for entrepreneurship among returnee transnational entrepreneurs with used vehicles in Romania.- Chapter 14: Migrants as change agents of entrepreneurship education. A study in the German context.- Chapter 15: Staying with it. The impact of family business ownership for African migration entrepreneurship in the UK.
