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Scott C. Ensign
Entrepreneurs because they are immigrants - or immigrants because they are entrepreneurs? A critical examination of the ethnic rationale for self-employment.
Ensign, P.C., Robinson, N.P.
published: 2010 | Research publication | Journal Article
Conventional wisdom suggests that immigrants are
forced into self-employment. Although there is veracity in this assertion, it is
equally probable that there is a certain level of entrepreneurial drive and
spirit exhibited when an individual departs his or her homeland. This article
provides a much-needed and critical second look at the realm of ethnic
entrepreneurship and in particular, the two-way relationship between the
immigrant entrepreneur and the established business community. Isomorphism is
seen to ebb and flow among newcomers and existing institutions. Mimetic
behaviour as well as the introduction of innovations are seen to occur on both
sides of a bilateral exchange.
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