What happens to refugee-origin entrepreneurs? Combining mixed embeddedness and strategy perspectives in a longitudinal study: Combining mixed embededness and strategy perspectives in a longitudinal study
What happens to refugee-origin entrepreneurs? Combining mixed embeddedness and strategy perspectives in a longitudinal study: Combining mixed embededness and strategy perspectives in a longitudinal study
Whilst it is acknowledged that refugees are more likely to select into self-employment due to discrimination and labour market exclusion, we know little about how their ventures perform over time. To address this gap, we draw upon qualitative longitudinal evidence gathered in 2010 and 2018 in the UK to explore the outcomes of their ventures and what strategies they have put in place. We argue that the trajectories of refugee-owned businesses are explained by their structural position and the strategies, resources, and business support networks, highlighting that refugee entrepreneurs re-work their condition in a manner that is much more proactive and resilient than suggested by extant portrayals of refugee entrepreneurship. Our analysis sheds new light on the dynamics of refugee business development and encourages a more nuanced theoretical approach to evaluate these enterprises as vehicles for integration against the backdrop of neoliberal Britain.
Entrepreneurship, labour market, Longitudinal, refugees, migrants, UK
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Ram, Monder
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Villares-varela, Maria
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Ram, Monder, Jones, Trevor, Doldor, Sabina, Villares-varela, Maria and Li, Hongqin
(2021)
What happens to refugee-origin entrepreneurs? Combining mixed embeddedness and strategy perspectives in a longitudinal study: Combining mixed embededness and strategy perspectives in a longitudinal study.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 45 (16), .
(doi:10.1080/01419870.2021.1991970).
Abstract
Whilst it is acknowledged that refugees are more likely to select into self-employment due to discrimination and labour market exclusion, we know little about how their ventures perform over time. To address this gap, we draw upon qualitative longitudinal evidence gathered in 2010 and 2018 in the UK to explore the outcomes of their ventures and what strategies they have put in place. We argue that the trajectories of refugee-owned businesses are explained by their structural position and the strategies, resources, and business support networks, highlighting that refugee entrepreneurs re-work their condition in a manner that is much more proactive and resilient than suggested by extant portrayals of refugee entrepreneurship. Our analysis sheds new light on the dynamics of refugee business development and encourages a more nuanced theoretical approach to evaluate these enterprises as vehicles for integration against the backdrop of neoliberal Britain.
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Accepted/In Press date: 21 September 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 October 2021
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship, labour market, Longitudinal, refugees, migrants, UK
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/451479
ISSN: 0141-9870
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