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Are They Really Different: The Entrepreneurial Process from the Perspective of First and Second Generation Immigrant Entrepreneurs

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  • Maria Chababi

    (HEC Montreal, Montreal, Canada)

  • Samia Chreim

    (Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada)

  • Martine Spence

    (Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada)

Abstract

There is limited research on similarities and differences in entrepreneurial experiences of first and second generation immigrant entrepreneurs. Using in-depth interviews with Lebanese entrepreneurs in two Canadian cities, we analyze how entrepreneurs belonging to two different generations of immigrants experience and enact opportunity identification and assessment, and business development and operation. The analysis shows that first and second generation immigrant entrepreneurs diverge in their views of macro-institutional structures (such as regulation), risk, trust, and the role of divine providence in the entrepreneurial venture. The findings highlight the importance of understanding how first generation immigrant entrepreneurs’ past frames — developed in the pre-migration context — interact with the environment in the country of settlement in shaping entrepreneurial undertaking. The study also highlights second generation immigrant entrepreneurs’ perceived similarities to and differences from mainstream entrepreneurs. Implications for research and policy are addressed.

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  • Maria Chababi & Samia Chreim & Martine Spence, 2017. "Are They Really Different: The Entrepreneurial Process from the Perspective of First and Second Generation Immigrant Entrepreneurs," Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 25(03), pages 263-295, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jecxxx:v:25:y:2017:i:03:n:s0218495817500108
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218495817500108
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    1. Yang, Junping & Zhang, Mengjie & Ballester-Miquel, José Carlos & Ribeiro-Navarrete, Samuel, 2022. "Exploring what drives entrepreneurs: Intergenerational differences between entrepreneurs born in the 1980s and 1990s," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 183(C).
    2. Pruthi, Sarika & Tasavori, Misagh, 2022. "Staying in or stepping out? Growth strategies of second-generation immigrant entrepreneurs," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(5).
    3. Sinkovics, Noemi & Reuber, A. Rebecca, 2021. "Beyond disciplinary silos: A systematic analysis of the migrant entrepreneurship literature," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 56(4).
    4. Glinka, Beata & Glińska-Neweś, Aldona & Zakrzewska-Bielawska, Agnieszka, 2023. "A resource interaction perspective on resource use and development in migrant entrepreneur networks," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).

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