Globalizations from below: understanding the spatialities, mobilities and resources of transnational migrant entrepreneurs across the globe

Riaño, YvonneInstitute of Geography and nccr - on the move, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland (author)

Globalizations from below : understanding the spatialities, mobilities and resources of transnational migrant entrepreneurs across the globe

This work was supported by the‘nccr–on the move’, National Centre of Competence in Research–‘The Migration-Mobility Nexus’(https://nccr-onthemove.ch/), [grant 51NF40-182897 to Yvonne Riaño for IP32 project], which is funded by the Swiss National Science Research Foundation (SNF).
Transnational corporations have been long recognized as the building blocks of global system theory and their impact is widely acknowledged and studied. By comparison, we have insufficient understanding of transnational practices ‘from below’. We argue that focusing on transnational migrant entrepreneurship is a novel opportunity to gain insights into the social and economic processes of ‘globalization from below’. Such processes refer to the dynamics and practices initiated by actors outside the hegemonic socio-economic spheres who, using various resources, move people, goods and ideas across national borders to create small-scale enterprises thus connecting distant places and people around the world. This special issue brings together a transdisciplinary group of researchers who examine the spatialities, mobilities and resources of transnational migrant entrepreneurs in Asia, Europe, North Africa, South America and the USA. The rich empirical base, coupled with diverse research methods, provides new insights into the phenomenon to scholars, policymakers and practitioners.

Webster, Natasha A.,1978-Örebro universitet,Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap,Department of Human Geography, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden(Swepub:oru)nawr (author)
Sandoz, LaureLIVES Center, University of Neuchatel andUniversity of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (author)
Solano, GiacomoDepartment of Economics and Business Economics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (author)
Yamamura, SakuraDepartment of Human Geography, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany (author)
Institute of Geography and nccr - on the move, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, SwitzerlandInstitutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

By the author/editor: Riaño, Yvonne; Webster, Natasha ...; Sandoz, Laure; Solano, Giacomo; Yamamura, Sakura

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SOCIAL SCIENCES: SOCIAL SCIENCES; and Social and Econo ...; and Human Geography

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