Transnationalism and migrant entrepreneurship: a case study of self-employed foreigners in Hangzhou, China

Q1 Business, Management and Accounting

Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2021-08-24 DOI:10.1080/08276331.2021.1965368

Zhenxiang Chen, Xiaoguang Fan

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Abstract

Abstract International migrant entrepreneurship in China has expanded and grown. Yet, studies on this phenomenon in China have been limited. We aim to contribute to this literature by exploring international migrant entrepreneurship for various categories of international migrants in a single setting and suggesting a more comprehensive picture of migrant entrepreneurship in China. We rely on the transnationalism framework and conduct various regression analyses using our unique dataset—Survey of Foreigner Residents in China (SFRC) from 2018-2019 to study both factors in China and factors from migrants’ home country, as well as the interactions between these two types of factors, in determining migrants’ likelihood of being an entrepreneur. Our results suggest that social networks and language skills in China, the ownership of the assets in migrants’ home country, and the economy and culture of their home country can significantly shape migrants’ likelihood to become an entrepreneur. These findings show the major role of factors from migrants’ home country, highlighting the importance of using the transnationalism framework to study migrant entrepreneurship. We also find evidence of only a few interaction effects between factors in China and factors from migrants’ home country, suggesting that they are weakly dependent on each other in influencing migrant entrepreneurship in China.

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跨国主义与移民创业:以中国杭州自雇外国人为例

国际移民创业在中国不断扩大和发展。然而，国内对这一现象的研究还很有限。我们的目标是通过在单一背景下探索不同类别国际移民的国际移民企业家精神，并提出一个更全面的中国移民企业家精神图景，从而为这一文献做出贡献。我们依靠跨国主义框架，使用我们独特的数据集——2018-2019年中国外籍居民调查(SFRC)进行各种回归分析，研究中国因素和移民母国因素，以及这两类因素之间的相互作用，在决定移民成为企业家的可能性方面。我们的研究结果表明，中国的社会网络和语言技能、移民母国的资产所有权以及移民母国的经济和文化可以显著地影响移民成为企业家的可能性。这些发现显示了移民母国因素的主要作用，突出了使用跨国主义框架研究移民企业家精神的重要性。我们还发现，中国因素与移民母国因素之间只有很少的交互效应，这表明它们在影响中国移民创业方面相互依赖程度较弱。

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Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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期刊介绍： Studies published in the JSBE can be from and based on Canada or other countries of the world. They can cover topics related to matters such as: A. Start-up and resource gathering for an SME -Starting, buying and selling an SME -Financing, funding, banking, venture capital, audit and accounting in SMEs -Entrepreneur characteristics, leadership and work-life balance -Identification of business opportunities, business incubators and mentorship -Support services to entrepreneurship and SMEs B. Functional management and growth of an SME -Sales and marketing in SMEs -Human resource management in SMEs -Operation management in SMEs -Innovation, knowledge management, learning and fast growth in SMEs -New technologies, Internet, and communication in SMEs -Regulation and taxes for SMEs -Growth of SMEs C. Strategic management and change in an SME -Strategic Management in SMEs -International entrepreneurship and SME internationalization -Networks, alliances and relationships with government and large enterprises -Managing change in an uncertain and changing environment -Factors of success and failure in SME and entrepreneurial firms D. New trends in entrepreneurship and SME management -Social entrepreneurship -Gender and female entrepreneurship -Indigenous entrepreneurship -Ethnic/diaspora/immigrant entrepreneurship -Youth and student entrepreneurship -Entrepreneurship in emerging/transition markets -Franchises, sport, health, consulting and other emerging types of SMEs -Corporate entrepreneurship E. Special topics in entrepreneurship and SME management -Family-based business -Social responsibility, environmental protection, governance, and ethics in SMEs -SMEs and regional, urban, rural, and national development -Entrepreneurship education -Epistemology, general theory development, and methods of research in entrepreneurship and SMEs -Entrepreneurship and sustainable development