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- Efendic, Nedim
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Expatriate entrepreneurship : the role of accelerators in network formation and resource acquisition
- 2016
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Immigrant entrepreneurship is an increasingly important socio-economic phenomenon. To date, immigrant entrepreneurship research has focused on immigrants that decide to engage in self-employment after having established themselves in the host country. Whereas this is arguably the case for the vast majority of immigrant entrepreneurs, it does not cover the field in its totality. This thesis is devoted to the study and analysis of those that emigrate in order to launch a business. I denote this novel group of immigrant entrepreneurs as expatriate entrepreneurs, and I place them into the context of research of entrepreneurship among immigrants. This dissertation also examines how accelerators can assist expatriate entrepreneurs by providing a soft landing upon their arrival in the host country, thereby contributing to understanding how accelerator programmes facilitate new venture creation for expatriate entrepreneurs. Using a multiple-case study at the world’s three first government-funded acceleration programmes that specifically target expatriate entrepreneurs, I hereby show that accelerators are major facilitators of expatriate entrepreneurship due to their ability to support network formation and resource acquisition.
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- Efendic, Nedim, et al.
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Growth in first- and second-generation immigrant firms in Sweden
- 2016
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Ingår i: International Small Business Journal. - : Sage Publications. - 0266-2426 .- 1741-2870. ; 34:8, s. 1028-1052
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite the burgeoning literature on immigrant entrepreneurship, there is a dearth of research on the social and economic factors shaping the performance of immigrant-run firms. Drawing upon human and social capital theory and assimilation theory, we investigate differences in performance measured as revenue growth in a comparative study of native and immigrant CEOs. Following 50,002 small firms in Sweden over four years, we find distinct patterns in both firm size and revenue growth between firms managed by immigrants and by natives. While firms run by second-generation immigrants from OECD countries exhibit higher growth rates than natives, the reverse is true for second generation immigrants from non-OECD countries, suggesting that economic integration in terms of immigrants’ small business growth in Sweden is characterized by segmented rather than universal assimilation.
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- Efendic, Nedim, et al.
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Growth in first- and second-generation immigrant firms in Sweden
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Despite the burgeoning literature on immigrant entrepreneurship, there is a dearth of research on the social and economic factors shaping the performance of immigrant-run firms. Drawing upon human and social capital theory and assimilation theory, we investigate differences in performance measured as revenue growth in a comparative study of native and immigrant CEOs. Following 50,002 small firms in Sweden over four years, we find distinct patterns in both firm size and revenue growth between firms managed by immigrants and by natives. While firms run by second-generation immigrants from OECD countries exhibit higher growth rates than natives, the reverse is true for second generation immigrants from non-OECD countries, suggesting that economic integration in terms of immigrants’ small business growth in Sweden is characterized by segmented rather than universal assimilation.
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