Migrant entrepreneurship: reflections on research and practice
Migrant entrepreneurship: reflections on research and practice
This article assesses recent developments in the research and practice of migrant entrepreneurship by examining the powerful contribution that the perspective of ‘mixed embeddedness’ has provided to this field. We identify key themes emerging from mixed embeddedness, particularly in relation to the role of the institutional and market contexts, and highlight areas that could strengthen the perspective, such as (1) the role of regulation, (2) the incorporation of racist exclusion and (3) gendered structures of migration and labour market processes, (4) market ghettoisation and (5) greater sensitivity to historical context. We also consider the extent to which growing interest among practitioners in supporting migrant enterprise has been influenced by developments in the academic domain.
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Ram, Monder
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Jones, Trevor
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Villares-Varela, Maria
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Ram, Monder
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Jones, Trevor
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Villares-Varela, Maria
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Ram, Monder, Jones, Trevor and Villares-Varela, Maria
(2016)
Migrant entrepreneurship: reflections on research and practice.
International Small Business Journal, .
(doi:10.1177/0266242616678051).
Abstract
This article assesses recent developments in the research and practice of migrant entrepreneurship by examining the powerful contribution that the perspective of ‘mixed embeddedness’ has provided to this field. We identify key themes emerging from mixed embeddedness, particularly in relation to the role of the institutional and market contexts, and highlight areas that could strengthen the perspective, such as (1) the role of regulation, (2) the incorporation of racist exclusion and (3) gendered structures of migration and labour market processes, (4) market ghettoisation and (5) greater sensitivity to historical context. We also consider the extent to which growing interest among practitioners in supporting migrant enterprise has been influenced by developments in the academic domain.
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Accepted/In Press date: 20 October 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 24 November 2016
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Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/403335
ISSN: 0266-2426
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