Urban Pauli
Building entrepreneurial potential abroad – exploring return migrant experience
Pauli, Urban; Osowska, Renata
Abstract
Purpose: This paper examines how entrepreneurial potential is built abroad during periods of EU economic migration and how this affects the entrepreneurial behaviour of individuals after returning to their home country. Design: A mixed method approach was employed via developing a structured interview discussion guide with open and closed questions centred around the topic of migration, reasons for starting a business and capital (e.g. human, financial, relational) gained abroad. The study covered 54 Polish return entrepreneurs identified through random purposive sampling. Findings: The findings suggest an important role of migration on the decision to start a business as almost half of the respondents formulated a business idea during the migration. The capital gains affecting entrepreneurial potential development were mostly observed in terms of financial and human capital with relational capital only applied to a business idea. This may explain individual preferences for setting up a business when returning to the home country. Overall, the findings confirm the important role of economic migration in building the entrepreneurial potential of returnee entrepreneurs. Originality/value: The study explores an alternative to the mainstream assumptions on migration by investigating entrepreneurial individuals, processes and practices that happen during reverse migration. Furthermore, by applying the resource-based view of the firm theory, this research expands the understanding of the interrelationship between processes of economic migration and entrepreneurial potential development.
Citation
Pauli, U., & Osowska, R. (2018). Building entrepreneurial potential abroad – exploring return migrant experience. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 25, 936-954. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-02-2018-0098
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 22, 2018 |
Publication Date | Dec 6, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Dec 3, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 6, 2018 |
Journal | International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research |
Print ISSN | 1355-2554 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Pages | 936-954 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-02-2018-0098 |
Keywords | return migration, entrepreneurial behaviour, entrepreneurial potential; human capital, relational capital, financial capital; Article classification: research paper |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1411014 |
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