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Entrepreneuring in Diverse Neighbourhoods: Policies and Minority Business in Copenhagen, Istanbul, Milan and Warsaw

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  • Eduardo Barberis

    (Department of Economy, Politics, Society, University of Urbino Carlo Bo (Italy))

  • Ayda Eraydin

    (Department of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey))

  • Rikke Skovgaard Nielsen

    (Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University (Copenhagen, Denmark))

  • Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak

    (Department of Urban and Population Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw, Poland))

Abstract

Recent literature claims that minority entrepreneurship is changing, e.g., entering non-ethnic sectors. A change partly related to spatial transformations (such as gentrification) in neighbourhoods where minorities are settled and to policies affecting their ventures. This article aims to disentangle how targeted and general policies affect minority entrepreneurship in neighbourhoods characterised by ethnic and class diversity in Copenhagen, Istanbul, Milan and Warsaw. Based on a comparative analysis of qualitative interviews, this article aims to answer the following questions: How do changes in neighbourhoods characterised by population diversity affect minority entrepreneurship? Are policies Ð especially those at city and neighbourhood level (including regeneration measures) Ð sustaining or challenging minority entrepreneurship? Our findings show that, despite local variations in terms of political economy, welfare structure and urban governance, notwithstanding displacing effects related to national and local policies, many minority businesses are responsive to neighbourhood changes and succeed to extend their market range beyond the ethnic or impoverished clientele.

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  • Eduardo Barberis & Ayda Eraydin & Rikke Skovgaard Nielsen & Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak, 2023. "Entrepreneuring in Diverse Neighbourhoods: Policies and Minority Business in Copenhagen, Istanbul, Milan and Warsaw," Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises, vol. 12(1), pages 25-55.
    • Handle: RePEc:trn:csnjrn:v:12:i:1:p:25-55
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    Keywords

    Minority business; Neighbourhood diversity; Urban renewal; Gentrification; Diversity policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
    • R39 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Other

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