Pub Date : 2021-08-30DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1959177
Skylar Biyang Sun, E. Fong
Abstract Our research is among the first to explore the recent sociodemographic development of immigrant entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, which reflects the city’s underlying socioeconomic dynamics that are increasingly conducive for foreign investments. Using pooled Hong Kong census data from 2001 to 2016 and relying on linear probability models with a synthetic cohort design, we compared the probabilities of attaining entrepreneurship among individuals with different demographic characteristics, including gender, age, education attainment, ethnicity, length of stay in Hong Kong, etc. Our preliminary results are in line with cultural, human capital, and intersectionality theory—longer length of stay in the destination, higher educational attainment, greater knowledge of the local language, and similarity of cultural background are all positively associated with one’s likelihood of success in becoming an entrepreneur. Meanwhile, we also observed inter-ethnic and gender differences in entrepreneurial probability both at time of arrival and in with longer duration at the destination.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-26DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1842047
Michael Adusei, N. Adeleye
This article interrogates whether start-up microenterprise financing wields any benefits for the financial performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It is done with data from 532 MFIs drawn ...
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Pub Date : 2021-08-25DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1965809
Jinpu Wang
Abstract Drawing on the case of Chinese wig businesses in Ghana, this article adopts a global production networks (GPN) approach to analyze family and gender dynamics in the transnational operation of wig production, trade, and entrepreneurship. Data for this study were collected through multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in Ghana and Xuchang, China, between 2016 and 2019. This research shows that the ‘economic upgrading’ of the Xuchang-based wig businesses in the global production and value chain contributes to the ‘social upgrading’ of women’s status. New modes of global retailing facilitated by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and burgeoning E-commerce platforms enable women to exert more influence on businesses and start independent entrepreneurial ventures. Women’s affinity to fashion trends and the consumer base for wig products further gives them advantages of ‘capturing the gain’ in a buyer-driven retail business. As the wig businesses evolved from township-and-village enterprises to global players, collaboration and conflict in families manifest the contesting trends of contemporary family change in China: a tension between solidifying the importance of the family as a source of resources and the dissolution of traditional patriarchal norms in the course of ‘individuation.’ RÉSUMÉ En s’appuyant sur le cas des entreprises de fabrication de perruques chinoises au Ghana, cet article adopte une approche de réseaux de production mondiaux pour analyser les dynamiques familiales et de genre dans l’opération transnationale de la production, du commerce et de l’entrepreneuriat des perruques. Pour cette étude, les données ont été collectées par le biais d’un travail de terrain ethnographique et multi-sites au Ghana et à Xuchang, en Chine, entre 2016 et 2019. Cette recherche montre que le « surclassement économique » des entreprises de fabrication de perruques basées à Xuchang dans la chaîne de production et de valeur mondiale contribue au « surclassement social » du statut des femmes. Les nouveaux modes de vente au détail à l’échelle mondiale, facilités par les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) et les plateformes de commerce électronique en plein essor, permettent aux femmes d’exercer une plus forte influence sur les entreprises et de lancer des projets entrepreneuriaux indépendants. L’affinité des femmes avec les tendances de la mode et la base de consommateurs de produits ayant rapport avec les perruques leur donne en outre l’avantage de « saisir le gain » dans un commerce de détail axé sur les acheteurs. Parallèlement à l’évolution des entreprises fabricant des perruques, qui passaient du statut d’entreprises de townships et de villages à celui d’acteurs mondiaux, la collaboration et les conflits au sein des familles ont manifesté les tendances contradictoires de l’évolution contemporaine de la famille en Chine: une tension entre le renforcement de l’importance de la famille comme source de ressources et
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Pub Date : 2021-08-24DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1965368
Zhenxiang Chen, Xiaoguang Fan
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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Pub Date : 2021-08-06DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1955326
Ali Sakola Djika
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Pub Date : 2021-08-05DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1953908
Arielle Ornela Ndassi Teutio, J. R. Kala Kamdjoug, Jean-Pierre Gueyié
Abstract Today more than ever, banks are facing the race for innovation in mobile financial services. Several studies have focused on the factors driving the adoption of mobile money, but the aspect of deposit collection activity by banks, essential as a basis for granting an account and providing financial services to customers, has been neglected. This study aims to examine the effect of perceived cost, relative advantage and perceived ubiquity on the intention to adopt mobile money for bank deposits, as well as the effect of its use on financial inclusion in Cameroun. A quantitative approach based on the PLS-SEM algorithm is used on a sample of 310 Cameroonian respondents. Results show that these factors positively influence the intention to adopt Mobile Money for bank deposits and that its use has a significant positive effect on financial inclusion. The study will help bank managers to develop effective marketing approaches and to improve their offer with adapted products and services, more specifically to enhance customer proximity and produce effective channels to suck up potential bank deposits not yet captured by banks.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-26DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1951064
S. Oduro, Lara Bruno, Guglielmo Maccario
{"title":"Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in SMEs: what we know, what we don’t know, and what we should know","authors":"S. Oduro, Lara Bruno, Guglielmo Maccario","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1951064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1951064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90194729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-26DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1952499
Maria Ivanova-Gongne, Stefan Lång, Malin E. Brännback, A. Carsrud
Language, as a form of contextual embeddedness, often defines how entrepreneurs enact their role identities, as well as restrict, or enable, the scope of their entrepreneurial activities. This stud...
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Pub Date : 2021-07-21DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1952500
N. Irawan, Tri Febrianti Valentina
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Pub Date : 2021-07-04DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1949831
Prachita Patil, Y. Deshpande
Abstract The significance of managing an employee’s work life balance (WLB) has been increased clearly over the past 20 years . Two major issues of life, work and family are important parameters for women to cooperate as an entrepreneur. Here as a researcher, I aim to explore the WLB of women with employees comparing each parameter as a whole. A survey of 80 women entrepreneurs is taken to determine the issues of quality of work life balance (QWLB) in accordance of women working as an entrepreneur and their perception toward employees. A systematic stratified sampling is done to illustrate the work-life scale between startups and established women entrepreneurs and comparing their type of firm as a single proprietorship, working with spouse and with partners. The generated data were subjected to standard statistical procedures, such as analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-test of significance. Each of the statements possessed adequate reliability and validity. This study would be helpful for management consultants, academicians, and for entrepreneurs, human resource professionals to understand various QWLB issues faced by Indian Women Entrepreneurs.
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