Unfolding refugee entrepreneurs' opportunity-production process — Patterns and embeddedness

Dragon Jiang, Yi; Straub, Caroline; Klyver, Kim; Mauer, Rene (2021). Unfolding refugee entrepreneurs' opportunity-production process — Patterns and embeddedness Journal of Business Venturing, 36(5) Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2021.106138

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We observe the opportunity-production processes of aspiring refugee entrepreneurs in their host countries. Our process data from eighteen refugee entrepreneurs reveal heterogeneity in how entrepreneurs move across the opportunity-production stages of conceptualization, objectification, and enactment. We identify four patterns, which are characterized by differences in iteration, order, and continuity. By theorizing on process characteristics and connecting these characteristics to embeddedness and temporality, we provide insights into how cognitive alignment and use of networks from home countries versus host countries help expand the explanatory scope of the opportunity-production theory from ordinary entrepreneurs to entrepreneurs who are subject to disruption in their lives.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	Business School > Institute for New Work > New Forms of Work and Organisation
Name:	Dragon Jiang, Yi; Straub, Caroline; Klyver, Kim and Mauer, Rene
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
ISSN:	08839026
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Caroline Straub
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2021 15:33
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2021 15:33
Publisher DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2021.106138
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Entrepreneurship
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/15271