... and institutional vacuum (Granovetter, 1985). Entrepreneurs Ethnic minorities Migrant workers Ethnic groups The study of migrant entrepreneurship has generated over the past thirty years a multidisciplinary research agenda. Most of the existing theories have converged on integrating migrant...

... owners (female or male) or the different barriers they experience. As Kwong et al. (2009) assert, ethnic minority female entrepreneurs are a special type of female entrepreneur, rather than a special type of ethnic entrepreneur. Taking into account the gaps in the current UK research...

...Caleb C.Y. Kwong; Piers Thompson; Dylan Jones‐Evans; David Brooksbank Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the entrepreneurial activity, attitudes and social connections of four groups of ethnic minority females in the UK, with the aim of examining the extent of gender and ethnic...

...Aminu Mamman Edited by Leo‐Paul   Dana . Handbook of Research on Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship: A Co‐evolutionary View on Resource Management . Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing , ISBN: 978 1 845427337 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Ethnic...

...Khalid Hafeez; David McEvoy; Kay. H Keoy; Susan Bagwell Purpose This paper seeks to understand the role played by transnational family networks in ethnic minority business development. Design/methodology/approach The Vietnamese nail‐care sector is taken as a case study. The research involved...

... Ethnic minorities Small enterprises Human resource management Entrepreneurs South Asia 1. Communal solidarity – Employers/employees work within the protection of embedded social networks where there is emphasis on trust and solidarity. This would lead ultimately to some form...

...Levent Altinay; Eser Altinay Purpose This paper seeks to evaluate the cultural variables which influence the growth of Turkish speaking ethnic minority businesses in London, UK. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports and analyses the findings of 227 face‐to‐face structured interviews...

... are frequently embedded in culture. While this has been studied cross‐nationally, few studies examine this aspect within a heterogeneous society. Entrepreneurialism Culture Ethnic minorities African Americans Cities United States of America Ven Sriram can be contacted at: vsriram...

... on the literature underpinning research on ethnic minority firms, a justification for the proposed database has been developed, which provides a sampling frame in the Scottish context and allows for new approaches to research. Research limitations/implications Though 100 per cent coverage of minority businesses...

... approach that is heavily girded by the notion of “mixed embeddedness” (Kloosterman et al., 1999 ; see Rath and Kloosterman, 2000). Focus groups Multicultural societies Ethnic minorities Tax planning Trading companies Australia Secure sources of revenue are like lifelines...

...Monder Ram Discusses whether ethnic minority enterprise is a routinely rational economics activity, no different from other small‐scale endeavours, or whether it is a distinctive phenomenon which demonstrates the influence of cultural resources on entrepreneurial activities. Focuses on three themes...