Social Capital as a Resource for Migrant Entrepreneurship
In her explorative study that is based on data from 62 qualitative interviews, Elena Sommer examines the use of social capital for entrepreneurial activities of self-employed migrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany. She analyses what type of social capital is used by migrants as a resource for the formation and development of small businesses and how entrepreneurial social networks of migrants change over time. The study illustrates that the use of business-related social relationships of the interviewed self-employed depends on the company's market strategy as well as on access to relevant social networks.
| Autor: | Sommer, Elena |
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| ISBN: | 9783658291402 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 331 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH |
| Veröffentlicht: | 03.01.2020 |
| Untertitel: | Self-Employed Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany |
| Schlagworte: | Ethnic business Migrantenunternehmertum Mixed Embeddedness Self-employed migrants Social Networks Soziale Netzwerke Sozialkapital Transnational entrepreneurial activities Transnationale unternehmerische Tätigkeiten Transnational social capital |
Elena Sommer is a researcher and a member of the Operations Team of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE ERIC) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy. Her research interests include migration and integration research, social capital and social networks, cross-national survey methodology, and intergenerational family relationships.