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Situating African FinTech in Global Financial Networks

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This paper explores the geographical patterns of firm creation and investments in African FinTech and how they have evolved since the emergence of FinTech on the continent. Our findings show waves of investment, specialisation of different FinTech centres and the networks of FinTech capital.
Julien Migozzi, Dariusz Wójcik
wiley   +1 more source

Compassionate Digital Innovation: A Pluralistic Perspective and Research Agenda

open access: yesInformation Systems Journal, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 364-385, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Digital innovation offers significant societal, economic and environmental benefits but is also a source of profound harms. Prior information systems (IS) research has often overlooked the ethical tensions involved, framing harms as ‘unintended consequences’ rather than symptoms of deeper systemic problems.
Raffaele F. Ciriello   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migrants and the Irish Economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Immigration should be viewed as an opportunity to be embraced rather than a cost to be minimised, according to this report from economist Jim Power and the Integration Centre, an Atlantic grantee.
Jim Power, Péter Szlovak
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Recruiting Mubai: Race turning into qualification in China's private English language education 招聘“母白”外教: 中国私立英语教育行业中的种族与资质

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Native speakerism in English language teaching (ELT) has become associated with Whiteness. However, how this association is sustained in everyday practices within China's unique socio‐cultural‐political context remains underexplored. This study examines the raciolinguistic construct of Mubai, a central recruitment criterion in China's ELT ...
Shuling Wang, Raviv Litman
wiley   +1 more source

Entrepreneurial Intentions Among Immigrant-Origin and Native Youth: Exploring the Roles of a Sense of Belonging, Acculturation Attitudes, and Self-Esteem

open access: yesEducation Sciences
Entrepreneurship education is crucial in fostering and supporting entrepreneurial intentions among young people. However, many factors, such as immigrant background, are associated with whether youth aspire to an entrepreneurial career.
Rekar Abdulhamed   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Immigration on Intra-Industry Trade: A logit analysis [PDF]

open access: yes
This study estimates the effects of the immigration stock, as well as those of immigrants’ characteristics, such as having the same language as that of the host country and the level of qualification or entrepreneurship, on Portuguese intra-industry ...
Horácio Faustino, Isabel Proença
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Unpacking Merit, Fit, and Diversity: A Multifaceted Framework to Academic Gatekeeping in Social Sciences at U.S. R1 Research Universities

open access: yesSociological Inquiry, Volume 96, Issue 2, Page 417-442, May 2026.
This study draws on interviews with 50 sociology and business professors across two private and five public American universities, and proposes a novel “Merit‐Fit‐Diversit” framework to show how narratives of merit, fit, and diversity emerge at different evaluation stages of tenure‐track job candidates. The evaluation produces inequality because: merit
Leping Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Immigrant entrepreneurs' survival seeking via financial strategies

open access: yesInsights into Regional Development
Immigrant entrepreneurs are known to face challenges securing funding from conventional sources, prompting them to devise alternative strategies. Assuming bootstrapping is a method for generating capital without incurring debt or relinquishing equity ...
Philemon Nji Kum   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnic entrepreneurs and online home-based businesses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Objectives The study considers how online home-based businesses offer opportunities for ethnic entrepreneurs to ‘break out’ of the traditional highly competitive and low margin sectors they are often associated with.
Anwar, Naveed, Daniel, Elizabeth
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