The embeddedness of migrant entrepreneurs and the process of opportunity creation

LASSALLE, Paul, NICHOLSON, John and MILENA, Ratajczak-Mrozek (2016). The embeddedness of migrant entrepreneurs and the process of opportunity creation. In: 32nd Annual Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Conference, Poznan, Poland, 30 August - 3 September 2016. (In Press)

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Abstract

The paper offers insight into the opportunity creation processes of Polish migrant workers in the UK. The paper presents findings of an initial phases of research exploring the experiences of twenty entrepreneurs who had started their own ventures after migration into the UK. Using the notions of network insidership and outsidership as a proxy of relational distanciation and proximation processes, the paper explores how processually, entrepreneurs create opportunities relative to the interplay between home and host country network embeddedness. Findings offer exposition of the resource flows over time in respect of the formation of new ventures and draws conclusions as to the effectuation and bricolage processes within these flows of resources. An account is provided of the resources used in the formation of these ventures and their origins in respect of these three networks types

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Sheffield Business School Research Institute > International Business, Economics, SMEs and Entrepreneurship
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Sheffield Business School > Department of Management
Sheffield Business School > Department of Finance, Accountancy and Business Systems
Depositing User: John Nicholson
Date Deposited: 03 Oct 2016 09:35
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 06:55
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/12788

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