Diaspora governance and transnational entrepreneurship: the rise of an emerging social global pattern in migration studies

Zapata‐Barrero, Ricard; Rezaei, Shahamak

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2018.1559990

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“…In light of micro-foundational thinking, we suggest that transnational entrepreneurship may serve as a micro-foundation of global strategic partnerships. Specifically, in the collective organisational form, governance structures can affect the involvement and dynamics of diverse stakeholders in enabling entrepreneurial development ( Zapata-Barrero and Rezaei, 2020 ). The existing research on comparative international entrepreneurship had failed to uncover the interaction between entrepreneurial agency and stakeholders with a strong focus on individual entrepreneurial behaviours or firm-level strategy.…”

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“…However, the returnee entrepreneurship literature has hitherto largely focussed on individual entrepreneurs, paying no attention to the connection between different regions at the organizational-level. Recent research on transnational entrepreneurship has highlighted the important organisational-level manifestations found in advancing migration studies ( Rezaei, 2016 ; Zapata-Barrero and Rezaei, 2020 ). Therefore, an important theoretical gap remains because, beyond the entrepreneurs themselves, entrepreneurship involves multiple and diverse stakeholders and organizations ( Kim et al., 2016 ).…”

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The micro-foundations of global business incubation: Stakeholder engagement and strategic entrepreneurial partnerships

Liu

2020

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Highlights This paper explores the micro-foundations of global business incubation by examining how stakeholders influence the development of technology business incubation platforms in china and the UK. We articulate how stakeholder engagement varies over time by engaging with entrepreneurs in the form of collaborative partnerships. Different types of stakeholders play different roles in deploying three distinctive mechanisms—namely, initiating, orchestrating and partaking —during the developmental trajectory involved in the launch and development of entrepreneurial ventures. From a micro-foundational perspective, we highlight the agency-orientated activities championed by entrepreneurial organizations situated in global strategic partnership contexts.

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The micro-foundations of global business incubation: Stakeholder engagement and strategic entrepreneurial partnerships

Liu

2020

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…I was particularly interested in people with transnational businesses, which I defined as economic activities involving contacts in at least two different countries and moving people, goods, services, or capital across national borders (for further discussions of transnational entrepreneurship see i.a. Drori et al, 2009;Portes et al, 2002;Portes & Martinez, 2019;Tarrius, 2002;Zapata-Barrero & Rezaei, 2019). I focused on people with migration experience, or people who live in a country different from the one(s) in which they grew up.…”

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“…The entrepreneurial activities of migrants in a context of globalization and increasing transnational connections are becoming a major topic in the social sciences (Zapata-Barrero & Rezaei, 2019). In recent academic literature, transnational migrant entrepreneurs tend to be represented as active agents capable of mobilizing resources situated in different countries to develop new businesses (Drori et al, 2009;Honig, 2019;Portes et al, 2002;Saxenian, 2007).…”

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Localizing informal practices in transnational entrepreneurship

Sandoz

2021

Migrat. Lett.

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Transnational entrepreneurs are often represented as active agents capable of mobilizing resources situated in different countries to develop new businesses. However, restrictive migration regimes limit the possibilities of individuals to become entrepreneurs. Based on ethnographic research in Barcelona, Spain, this article argues that, in a context of unequal access to formal resources, resorting to informality is crucial for many entrepreneurs as it enables them to expand their options for social mobility and achieve personal goals that would otherwise remain unreachable. The article proposes a critical perspective on the notions of informality and entrepreneurship. It highlights that these concepts rely on context-dependent norms set by certain social groups and challenged by others, which influence who can become an entrepreneur in specific environments. While certain categories of migrants are favorably positioned with regard to these norms, others are hindered by them and therefore are forced to engage in alternative entrepreneurial activities. How this is achieved, and the costs involved depend on the entrepreneur’s capacity to mobilize economic, cultural, social, and moral resources as well as on the perception of their practices as more or less legitimate or socially acceptable.

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“…While our main intention is to fill an empirical gap in research on WeChat in Australia, therefore complicating current understanding of WeChat, we are also motivated by a desire to contribute to the debate on the changing shape and contour of Chinese transnationalism, particularly on the concept of ‘transnational entrepreneurship’ among immigrants (e.g. Zapata- Barrero and Rezaei, 2019).…”

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WeChat subscription accounts (WSAs) in Australia: a political economy account of Chinese-language digital/social media

Sun

2020

Media International Australia

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This article is a political economy account of Australia-focused subscription accounts on the social media platform WeChat, based on an analysis of 50 top-ranked WeChat subscription accounts (WSAs) in Australia over a 1-week period in July 2019 and empirical data collected from 2 large surveys conducted among Chinese Australians in 2018 and 2019. It provides a nuanced understanding of the institutional context, regulatory framework and modus operandi of these WSAs, illustrating the development of and connection between the following three components: online Chinese-language media content, WeChat as a content delivery platform and WSAs as business initiatives. The article argues that the status of Chinese-language digital/social media in Australia is confined by a pre-existing technological infrastructure and regulatory framework, rather than any direct intervention of a specific authority, media outlet or platform, and that these media outlets and platforms should best be understood as an instance of transnational entrepreneurship.

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Diaspora governance and transnational entrepreneurship: the rise of an emerging social global pattern in migration studies

Cited by 42 publications

References 32 publications

The micro-foundations of global business incubation: Stakeholder engagement and strategic entrepreneurial partnerships

The micro-foundations of global business incubation: Stakeholder engagement and strategic entrepreneurial partnerships

Localizing informal practices in transnational entrepreneurship

WeChat subscription accounts (WSAs) in Australia: a political economy account of Chinese-language digital/social media

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