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Immigrant Entrepreneurial Opportunity Creation through Mixed Embeddedness.: A Qualitative Study of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in, Sweden.
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Management (MAN).
2024 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The literature on immigrant entrepreneurship regularly mentions and discusses entrepreneurial opportunities, but little is known about how such opportunities are created and how immigrant entrepreneurs find them. This thesis examines how immigrant entrepreneurs create business opportunities by integrating into both their home nation and their host country's procedures. Sweden was chosen as the destination of choice for immigrant entrepreneurs this study focused on eight distinct cases, each of which exemplifies a unique process of opportunity creation in diverse industries. These cases illustrate the interaction between the immigrant entrepreneurs' native countries and Sweden as their host country, as well as the diversity of the immigrant entrepreneurs involved. This thesis provides a model of entrepreneurial opportunity generation as an integration process by using the mixed embeddedness viewpoint as the theoretical lens in conjunction with existing research on entrepreneurial opportunity and immigrant entrepreneurship. The results show that creating business opportunities can be seen as a way for immigrant entrepreneurs to become part of the local community in the host country while also reintegrating their home country. The research makes numerous contributions to both immigrant and traditional entrepreneurship. It adds to research on immigrant entrepreneurship by looking at why immigrants decide to become entrepreneurs and how they do so by integrating into both their home and host country to develop business prospects. By adopting the process method and introducing mixed embedding as a novel term that focuses on the interaction between the impacts of the home and the host countries on immigrants' economic activities, the study also contributes to the mixed embeddedness perspective. In addition, the study advances knowledge of how immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden create business opportunities, which adds to the literature on immigrant entrepreneurship in Sweden. I performed semi-structured interviews with (8) respondents to gather the data for this study. Based on my research, I discovered that individuals' social identities, culture and family background significantly influence them to create entrepreneurial opportunities.

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2024. , p. 87
Keywords [en]
Entrepreneurship, immigrant entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Opportunity, Mixed Embeddedness.
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-130393OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-130393DiVA, id: diva2:1870899
Educational program
International Business Strategy, Master Programme 120 credits
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Available from: 2024-06-17 Created: 2024-06-15 Last updated: 2024-06-17Bibliographically approved

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