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How digital platforms affect local entrepreneurial activities: Evidence from the staggered entry of craigslist

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Access to markets is critical for entrepreneurial success, yet many face significant barriers. This study argues that digital platforms functioning as peer‐to‐peer marketplaces can facilitate entrepreneurial activity by improving market access for new ventures.
Daehyun Kim, Yongwook Paik, Namil Kim
wiley   +1 more source

When should firms watch for cross‐industry competition? A demand‐side perspective

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Research on competitor identification has primarily focused on intra‐industry competition. However, cross‐industry competitive threats are prevalent and consequential. We adopt a consumer‐oriented perspective to examine how consumer perceptions shape de facto competition across industry boundaries.
Ying Li, Samira Reis, Olga M. Khessina
wiley   +1 more source

Serving whom? Immigrant entrepreneurs in a new local context

Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 2019
In Helsinki, the current number of immigrants is quickly rising. Ethnic retail has emerged as a new, but visible, part of the city landscape. Compared to other European countries, becoming an entrepreneur is typically not very popular in Finland ...
Johanna Lilius, Hossam Hewidy
doaj   +1 more source

Political alignment in entrepreneurial teams: Homophily in venture formation and associations with startup success

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary We examine political affiliation's role in venture team formation and success. Using data from Crunchbase and L2 on 1125 US‐based startups, we investigate political homophily in team assembly and its association with startup outcomes.
Balázs Kovács, Tim Sels
wiley   +1 more source

Modes of Entry to Male Immigrant Entrepreneurship in a Rural Context: Start-up Stories from Northern Norway

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2015
Objective: The purpose of this article is to address rural and gender gaps in the immigrant entrepreneurship literature by analysing the start-up narratives of nine male entrepreneurs in Finnmark in northernmost Norway.
Mai Camilla Munkejord
doaj   +1 more source

Give Me Your Entrepreneurs, Your Innovators: Estimating the Employment Impact of a Startup Visa [PDF]

, 2013
The idea of visas for immigrant entrepreneurs has bounced around the country for many years, and even has been introduced into Congress on more than one occasion.
Dane Stangler, Jared Konczal
core  

The Export and Financial Effects of Immigrant Team Composition in International New Ventures

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Immigrant‐owned international new ventures (INVs) often partner with non‐immigrant entrepreneurs as co‐owners. Their mixed immigrant‐nonimmigrant teams could engender varied perspectives. But it is unclear whether such cognitive diversity improves their international strategy and performance.
Horatio M. Morgan, Sui Sui
wiley   +1 more source

Immigrant entrepreneurs' access to information as a local economic development problem

PlaNext, 2016
Sociologists and geographers have examined immigrant entrepreneurship in the United States to discuss what types of industries immigrants enter, why some groups are more inclined to entrepreneurship than others, and how social networks influence ...
Jessica Doyle
doaj   +3 more sources

Understanding the importance of home-country skills of African immigrant entrepreneurs in South Africa

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
Objective: The article aims to understand and describe the impact of home-country skills on African immigrant entrepreneurial endeavours in a host country.
Bernard Lama Ngota, Elroy Eugene Smith , Pamella Ayanda Deliwe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

(Lifestyle) immigrant entrepreneurs in Spanish small villages: Rethinking international immigration in rural Alt Empordà, Catalonia

Belgeo, 2020
The article studies connections between local economics, entrepreneurship and lifestyle immigration in municipalities with fewer than 500 inhabitants in Alt Empordà, Spain.
Cristóbal Mendoza, Ricard Morén-Alegret, Ruth McAreavey   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source