Diaspora Investment and Entrepreneurship: The Role of People, Their Movements, and Capital in the International Economy

The role of the diaspora in the emergence of economic and territorial intelligence in Haiti

“…Our view is that poor countries and developed countries are not equal when it comes to innovation and knowledge and subsequently intelligence, especially in contexts of conflict which fuel the migration of some of the most skilled and talented. In fact, a focus on diasporas as important collaborators is relevant in developing contexts, given that diasporan resources sometimes rival those at home, with the skills, resources, opportunities, experiences, finances and knowledge gained by migrants from emerging markets forming an important international stockpile that can be used to the benefit of the home country (Kotabe, et al, 2013). Our preliminary conclusion is that EI and TI are contextual concepts.…”

Social ties, prior experience, and venture creation by transnational entrepreneurs

“…Personal experience underpins many of the individual influences on internationalisation, yet, despite growing attention to experience in the entrepreneurship literature, few studies open the 'black box' of the logic of experience to understand the reasoning with which it is applied (Jones and Casulli, 2014). As employees of multinational corporations (MNCs), diasporas often encourage their employers to investigate the possibility of investing in the diasporan's country of origin (Kotabe et al, 2013). Our findings in the context of TEs show how prior experience of entering the home country with a former employer, and hence creation of social ties through the former employer, can motivate venture founding in the home country.…”

Diaspora engagement institutions and venture investment activity in developing countries

“…Although migration is a topic of increasing importance in international management research (Barnard & Pendock, 2013;Kotabe, Riddle, Sonderegger, & Täube, 2013;Riddle & Brinkerhoff, 2011;Sonderegger & Täube, 2010) and related areas such as economics (Arango & Baldwin-Edwards, 2014;Hollifield, Martin, & Orrenius, 2014) and public administration (Andrews, Boyne, O'Toole, Meier, & Walker, 2013;Yanow, 2015), the study of institutions and policies in such research largely focuses more on immigration policies in migrants' country of residence ("COR") than emigration policies created by migrants' country of origin ("COO"). 1 Though such an imbalance is understandable given the relative paucity of such emigration policies, recent shifts in official COO attitudes toward diasporans merits a reconsideration of research focus.…”