Social embeddedness, entrepreneurial orientation and firm growth in ethnic minority small businesses in the UK
Social embeddedness, entrepreneurial orientation and firm growth in ethnic minority small businesses in the UK
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10.1177/0266242610366060
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2012-02
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Catherine L. Wang;L. Altınay
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作者：
Catherine L. Wang;L. Altınay
少数民族小企业创业导向及其影响因素和后果的研究较少。本文以族群创业理论和社会嵌入理论为基础，探讨了新兴中小企业的网络进入、企业家精神与企业成长的关系。通过对英国伦敦的中国和土耳其企业的258个面对面结构化访谈收集的定量数据，我们的研究结果显示，家庭和同种族的建议和劳动力对企业的EO没有显着影响。相反，获得同族裔产品和获得公用事业和设施的同族裔供应商对公司的经济效益有重大影响，这反过来又对就业增长有重大的积极影响。此外，与土耳其拥有的ESMB相比，中国拥有的ESMB表现出更高的EO水平，并追求不同的增长路径（即，他们更有可能通过收购更多的业务场所来实现增长）。研究结果对理解中小企业的成长模式，特别是创业企业在中小企业突围战略和成长中的作用具有重要意义。
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of ethnic minority small businesses (EMSBs) and its antecedents and consequences are under-researched. Grounded in ethnic entrepreneurship theory and the social embeddedness approach, this article examines the relationships of EMSBs’ access to various networks, their EO and firm growth. Drawing on quantitative data collected through 258 face-to-face structured interviews with Chinese- and Turkish-owned EMSBs in London, UK our findings reveal that family and co-ethnic advice and labour do not have a significant impact on firms’ EO. Instead, both access to co-ethnic products and access to co-ethnic suppliers of utilities and facilities have a significant impact on firms’ EO, which in turn has a significant positive effect on employment growth. Moreover, Chinese-owned EMSBs demonstrate a higher level of EO and pursue different paths to growth (that is, they are more likely to grow through acquiring more business premises) compared with Turkish-owned EMSBs. The findings have important implications for the understanding of growth patterns of EMSBs, particularly the role of EO in the EMSBs’ break-out strategies and growth.