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Growth Aspirations and Growth Determinants of Immigrants Early Stage Entrepreneurs
Growth Aspirations and Growth Determinants of Immigrants Early Stage Entrepreneurs

Author(s): Karin Širec, Polona Tominc
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Ekonomický ústav SAV a Prognostický ústav SAV
Keywords: immigrant entrepreneurship; growth aspirations; innovation activity; international orientation; South-East European countries; North and West European Countries

Summary/Abstract: Paper analyses the differences between early stage immigrant and native entrepreneurs regarding growth determinants and growth aspirations, across southeast (SeECs) and north and west (NwECs) European countries as well as the associations between their growth determinants and growth aspirations. The study used data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Adult Population Survey. Results 1) significant differences between growth aspirations of immigrant and native early stage entrepreneurs were found only in the group from north and west European countries; 2) growth determinants stimulate early stage entre¬preneurs’ growth aspirations in both regions; 3) significant differences between growth determinants of immigrant and native early stage entrepreneurs were found only in the group from north and west European countries. For this re¬gion, it was confirmed that immigrants’ early stage entrepreneurs are using new technologies and introduce new products/services as well as are internationally oriented to a significantly greater extent than native early-stage entrepreneurs

  • Issue Year: 65/2017
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 618-643
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: English