Towards a Multi-disciplinary Framing of Diaspora Networks in International Business

Elo, Maria; Minto-Coy, Indianna

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91095-6_31

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“…Migrant entrepreneurs have the opportunity to develop entrepreneurial activities in their country of residence, but with multifaceted links with people and businesses abroad: so-called transnational migrant entrepreneurship. Although statistical data are scarce, past studies have shown that a significant, and increasing, number of migrant entrepreneurs have developed transnational business activities (Brzozowski et al, 2017 ; Elo & Minto-Coy, 2019 ; Harima & Baron, 2020 ; Liu et al, 2019 ; Portes & Yiu, 2013 ; Portes et al, 2002 ; Rusinovic, 2008 ; Sandoz et al, 2021 ; Solano, 2016a ).…”

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Multifocality and opportunity structure: towards a mixed embeddedness model for transnational migrant entrepreneurship

Solano

Schutjens

Rath

2022

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This article addresses transnational migrant entrepreneurship, which refers to migrants involved in cross-border entrepreneurial activities. Previous models and concepts in migrant entrepreneurship studies have not fully succeeded in recognising the role played by differential groups and places in the pursuit of opportunities by transnational migrant entrepreneurs. This is due to a tendency to focus on the country of residence as well as on the inclination to view migrant entrepreneurs as members of a coherent ethnic or national group. To help fill this gap, we propose a new model combining the concept of multifocality, covering the simultaneous involvement of migrant entrepreneurs in both multiple places and multiple groups, with group modes of behaviour as an additional dimension influencing the opportunity structure. The case of Moroccan transnational entrepreneurs in Amsterdam shows that the role of multifocality in place, in combination with group modes of behaviour, is critical when it comes to pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities.

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Multifocality and opportunity structure: towards a mixed embeddedness model for transnational migrant entrepreneurship

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Schutjens

Rath

2022

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“…Family members are embedded primarily in their extended family and kin constellations that may be diasporic, multi-layered and highly globally dispersed (Elo and Dana, 2019). In addition, as migrants they are also experiencing mixed embeddedness linking both the countries of residence and origin and their respective resources, which offers special potential for business and cultural bridging and bonding, particularly through their diaspora networks (Elo and Minto-Coy, 2018; Bagwell, 2018; Kloosterman, 2010). Basco (2017) brought up the concept of multiple embeddedness that covers a plethora of layers from social, relational, emotional, cultural, economic and other nuances, even from history.…”

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Guest editorial: Migrant entrepreneurship and the roles of family beyond place and space: towards a family resourcefulness across borders perspective

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Ramírez‐Pasillas

Cruz

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“…That is related to the fact that often migrants have different forms of adaptation when challenged in different contexts (Berry, 1992). Time-space dimensions matter to adaptation and behavior of migrants who might represent different diaspora waves or cohorts, and experience different lengths of stay and degrees of integration in the host country (Jasinskaja-Lahti et al, 2011;Elo and Minto-Coy, 2018). Another issue is the evolution and decadence of some forms or platforms of social media, such as Facebook groups as opposed to Instagram, WeChat and Tik Tok (emerging medias) (Hut, 2022).…”

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Researching hard-to-reach populations: lessons learned from dispersed migrant communities

Falcão,

Cruz,

Costa Filho

et al. 2023

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the issues in studying hard-to-reach or dispersed populations, with particular focus on methodologies used to collect data and to investigate dispersed migrant entrepreneurs, illustrating shortcomings, pitfalls and potentials of accessing and disseminating research to hard-to-reach populations of migrant entrepreneurs.Design/methodology/approachA mixed methodology is proposed to access hard-to-reach or dispersed populations, and this paper explores these using a sample of Brazilian migrants settled in different countries of the world.FindingsThis paper explores empirical challenges, illustrating shortcomings, pitfalls and potentials of accessing and disseminating research to hard-to-reach populations of migrant entrepreneurs. It provides insights by reporting research experiences developed over time by this group of researchers, reflecting a “mixing” of methods for accessing respondents, contrasting to a more rigid, a-priori, mixed methods approach.Originality/valueThe main contribution of this paper is to showcase experiences from, and suitability of, remote data collection, especially for projects that cannot accommodate the physical participation of researchers, either because of time or cost constraints. It reports on researching migrant entrepreneurship overseas. Remote digital tools and online data collection are highly relevant due to time- and cost-efficiency, but also represent solutions for researching dispersed populations. These approaches presented allow for overcoming several barriers to data collection and present instrumental characteristics for migrant research.

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Towards a Multi-disciplinary Framing of Diaspora Networks in International Business

Cited by 12 publications

References 42 publications

Multifocality and opportunity structure: towards a mixed embeddedness model for transnational migrant entrepreneurship

Multifocality and opportunity structure: towards a mixed embeddedness model for transnational migrant entrepreneurship

Guest editorial: Migrant entrepreneurship and the roles of family beyond place and space: towards a family resourcefulness across borders perspective

Researching hard-to-reach populations: lessons learned from dispersed migrant communities

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