Mai Thi Thanh Thai

Social Capital, Networks, Trust and Immigrant Entrepreneurship: A Cross-Country Analysis

Purpose - This study is devoted to the empirical assessment of the macro-level impact of social capital on immigrant entrepreneurship (the general levels of immigrant entrepreneurship, as well as high-value added immigrant entrepreneurship).Design/methodology/approach - The paper applies multiple regression analysis to the data on immigrant entrepreneurship and high-value added immigrant entrepreneurship provided by OECD. The measures of the independent variables (the components of social capital) are based on World Value Survey.Findings - The results reveal that social capital does play a significant role in high-value added immigrant entrepreneurship in particular and immigrant entrepreneurship in general. With strong statistical significance, three social capital factors – networking, interpersonal trust, and institutional trust – provide an explanation for variations in immigrant entrepreneurship across countries.Originality/value - Although the literature has long pointed out the importance of social capital as a determinant of economic activity, entrepreneurship researchers have focused much attention on the impact of personal, economic, and politico-administrative factors while leaving social capital factors largely unexamined. Thus study offers a systematic analysis of the effects of social capital on immigrant entrepreneurship and high-value added immigrant entrepreneurship at a macro level and discusses policy-making implications.

Entrepreneurial Migration: Characteristics, Causes and Effects

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on “Entrepreneurial migration: characteristics, causes and effects”. Design/methodology/approach - Literature review. Findings - Studies on immigrant entrepreneurship have become increasingly popular and the importance of social context and social connections has been recognized by scholars. However, research on their effects on immigrant entrepreneurship has been rather limited. This special issue explains the essential steps of the entrepreneurial process by immigrants (i.e. host country choice, entrepreneurial engagement, new venture creation, business network development and corporate political activities) and discusses the effects of immigrant entrepreneurs on their host countries. Originality/value - The paper presents a review of literature on entrepreneurial migration and social impacts.

Internationalization of Firms from Economies in Transition

This book provides a detailed analysis of how and why firms from economies in transition internationalize and examines the effects of domestic politico-economic factors on this process.