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The Kauffman Index: Startup Activity National Trends - 2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This report provides a broad index measure of business startup activity in the United States. It is an equally weighted index of three normalized measures of startup activity:The Rate of New Entrepreneurs in the economy, calculated as the percentage of ...
Arnobio Morelix   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Covid‐19 Pandemic and Pre‐Existing Migration Infrastructures: Differentiated Impacts on Nepali Migrants in Japan

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic disproportionately affected international migrants worldwide. However, not all international migrants were uniformly impacted. While much of the literature has focused on the pandemic's effects on migrants relative to citizens, the impacts faced by different groups of migrants remain less understood.
Ramesh Sunam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge Economy Immigration: A Priority for U.S. Growth Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Offers economic and political arguments for facilitating immigration of highly educated, skilled workers as a way to support long-term knowledge-based economic growth.
Robert E. Litan, Tim Kane
core   +1 more source

Identity formation through cultural expression: Exploring Chinese spaces of ethnic consumption in Sydney, Australia

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper examines how Chinese‐run commercial spaces in Hurstville, Sydney, function as dynamic platforms for immigrant identity formation, highlighting the interplay of ethnicity, nationality, and national origin. Through mixed‐methods research, the study reveals the complex ways in which cultural expression, consumer perceptions, and ...
Yingfei Wang, Weijie Hu
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesEntrepreneurial 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immigrant Capital and Entrepreneurial Opportunities

open access: yesEntrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2015
Objective: The main objective of this study is to define and operationalize the concept of immigrant capital, a key factor that differentiates immigrant from host country entrepreneurs in how they recognize and start new ventures.
Malavika Sundararajan   +1 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
core  

Relational Wellbeing Amongst Care‐Experienced Young People in Transition in the Context of Covid 19

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Care‐experienced young people typically negotiate the transition to adulthood at a younger age than their peers in the general population and with less reliable access to support. Concerns have been raised that Covid 19 exacerbated the challenges they faced and widened the ‘care‐gap’.
Emily R. Munro, Seana Friel, Amy Lynch
wiley   +1 more source

Immigrants as entrepreneurs in emerging economies: Institutional, self-efficacy, and social networking effects on enterprise performance

open access: yesSmall Business International Review
While extensive research exists on immigrants as workers and migrant laborers, studies on immigrants as entrepreneurs in emerging economies are only beginning to emerge. This article addresses the limited knowledge on how immigrant entrepreneurs' agency,
Boris Urban, Mahad Moti
doaj   +1 more source

Transnational Entrepreneurship: Distinctive Features and a New Definition

open access: yesTechnology Innovation Management Review, 2018
Definitions of transnational entrepreneurship are too general making it difficult to understand what distinguishes transnational entrepreneurship from other forms of entrepreneurship. In addition, these definitions identify the “immigrant”, “ethnic”, or “
Eduardo Bailetti
doaj   +1 more source

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