Market Potential as a Decisive Influence on the Performance of Ethnic Minority Business

Jones, Trevor; Barrett, Giles A.; McEvoy, David M.

doi:10.1057/9781403905338_3

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“…In many cases the initial market for immigrant entrepreneurs arises within their own immigrant communities (Waldinger 1986: 19;Jones Barrett and McEvoy 2000: 40). It is often stated, however, that for entrepreneurial progress immigrant entrepreneurs should 'break-out' to the general population and reach beyond their ethnic boundaries by offering goods and services for a broader group of clients, outside their own ethnic group (see Jones, Barrett and McEvoy 2000).…”

Section: Markets Network and Business Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dynamic Entrepreneurship : First and Second-Generation Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Dutch Cities

Rusinovic¹

2006

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Section: Markets Network and Business Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, it is often stated that for the expansion of the business immigrant entrepreneurs should 'break-out' to the general population and reach beyond their ethnic boundaries by offering goods and services for a broader group of clients, outside their own ethnic group (see Jones, Barrett and McEvoy 2000).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Dynamic Entrepreneurship : First and Second-Generation Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Dutch Cities

Rusinovic¹

2006

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“…A likely mechanism that positions secondgeneration immigrant entrepreneurs for growth is thus whether they are able to enter a broader set of industry sectors than their parents (Ndofor and Priem, 2011). Thus, breaking out and targeting a mainstream market may allow them to surmount the growth barriers and limitations set by a confined ethnic market and/or industries with limited growth potential (Jones, Barrett and McEvoy, 2000;Rusinovic, 2008;Ward, 1986). …”

Section: Sector Segregation Among First-and Second-generation Immigramentioning

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Growth in first- and second-generation immigrant firms in Sweden

Efendic

Andersson

Wennberg

2016

International Small Business Journal

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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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“…The 'mixed embeddedness' thesis suggests that competitiveness depends not only on business owners' 'strong ties' (Granovetter 1973) with ethnic networks but also on their capacity to draw on wider market and institutional contexts (Jones et al 2000;Kloosterman and Rath 2001;Rath and Kloosterman 1999), which vary spatially. This inevitably encourages a broadening of the research focus to include not only internal diaspora relations but also the links between the diaspora and the wider economy, polity and society.…”

Section: Conceptualising Diaspora-based Network and Business Competimentioning

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Ethnic Diasporas and Business Competitiveness: Minority-Owned Enterprises in London

Kitching¹,

Smallbone²,

Athayde³

2009

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This paper focuses on the commercial exploitation of ethnic diaspora-based networks. Using qualitative data from four London minority-owned enterprises, diaspora-based linkages in the UK and beyond are examined and the implications for policy discussed. We conclude that, under certain conditions, diaspora-based networks enable higher levels of business competitiveness. They facilitate access to resources and markets by minorityowned businesses, particularly for those supplying ethnic goods and services,. Exploiting diaspora-based networks effectively depends not only on business owners' capabilities and motivations to do so but also on diaspora structures*their size, geographical and sectoral locations*and the resources and opportunities they make available to business owners. Conversely, in certain circumstances, engagement with diaspora-based networks can constrain business competitiveness, particularly where this restricts the resources and markets available. Diaspora-based networks are potentially important influences on business competitiveness but do not negate the importance of class resources such as property, education and skills in processes of business formation and development among minority groups. The implications for existing theory and for policy are considered.

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Market Potential as a Decisive Influence on the Performance of Ethnic Minority Business

Cited by 85 publications

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Dynamic Entrepreneurship : First and Second-Generation Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Dutch Cities

Dynamic Entrepreneurship : First and Second-Generation Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Dutch Cities

Growth in first- and second-generation immigrant firms in Sweden

Ethnic Diasporas and Business Competitiveness: Minority-Owned Enterprises in London

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