International knowledge brokerage and returnees’ entrepreneurial decisions

Lin, Daomi; Liu, Jiangyong; Liu, Xiaohui; Zhang, Xiru

doi:10.1057/jibs.2016.1

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“…I also contribute by offering a new mechanism for explaining returnee entrepreneurial entry whereas prior work had primarily looked to returnees' accumulation of skills and financial capital abroad as the primary factors (McCormick & Wahba, 2001; Wahba & Zenou, 2012). My findings show that cross‐border social ties intervene early in a prospective returnee's decision to start a venture, complementing other work that has examined the influence of cross‐border ties after a returnee establishes a venture (Li et al, 2012; Lin et al, 2016; Pruthi, 2014).…”

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“…Some of these countries have instituted means, like the Persons of Indian Origin Scheme in India or the Thousand‐Talents Plan in China, to entice those living abroad to resettle in their homelands as entrepreneurs. Yet, as programs to attract returnee entrepreneurs proliferate, researchers lack a clear understanding of why returnees choose to start companies in the first place (Lin et al, 2016; McCormick & Wahba, 2001; Qin & Estrin, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The data collection design in my study addresses some limitations of past research on returnees, which has been constrained by sample selection bias and a focus on single home countries (Bercovitz, Martens, & Savage, 2013; Lin et al, 2016; McCormick & Wahba, 2001; Qin & Estrin, 2015). Nevertheless, readers should be sensitive to several constraints in my research design as well.…”

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“…Qin and Estrin (2015) find that Indian returnees were more likely to start companies when they maintained ties to their friends in India while abroad. Lin, Lu, Liu, and Zhang (2016) suggest that overseas experience and local familiarity are interdependent, showing that gaining knowledge abroad made returnee Chinese scientists more likely to start companies, but only if they anticipated receiving local support for their ventures.…”

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When do return migrants become entrepreneurs? The role of global social networks and institutional distance

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Research Summary: Does embeddedness in global social networks elevate or diminish individuals' propensity to found new ventures? I analyze entrepreneurial entry among a large, cross-country sample of skilled return migrants, all of whom had worked abroad in the United States before returning to 98 different home countries. My findings reveal that maintaining stronger cross-border social ties-that is, relationships to former colleagues abroad-leads returnees to be more likely to found new ventures in their homelands. However, the positive effects of cross-border social ties diminish with greater institutional distance between the returnee's home country and the United States. The findings have implications for research at the intersection of social networks, international migration, and entrepreneurship. Managerial Summary: When it comes to founding a venture, social networks are often critical in helping prospective entrepreneurs identify new market opportunities and resources. Which types of networks are most beneficial in helping people become entrepreneurs, however, still remains a question. This paper asks whether having social connections to individuals across countries makes one more likely to become an entrepreneur, and if so why? Studyingskilled return migrants, I find that returnees who maintain stronger social ties to those they met while working abroad are more likely to start companies, but only if there is sufficient similarity between the market environments of the

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When do return migrants become entrepreneurs? The role of global social networks and institutional distance

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“…Returnees tend to have accumulated explicit knowledge about technology and foreign markets through their overseas experience, which can bring about advantages in terms of high-tech firm innovation, high tech industry development, exportation and entrepreneurial decisions (Liu et al, 2010;Filatotchev et al, 2009;Filatotchev et al, 2011;Kenney et al, 2013;Lin et al, 2016). To what extent returnees' tacit knowledge of foreign institutions, such as the legal system and culture, can influence firm outcome has not been explored.…”

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