Exploring the connection between institutions and immigrant entrepreneurship in the host country

探索东道国制度与移民创业之间的联系

• 批准号: 2488359
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2488359
• 关键词: Exploring; connection; between; institutions; immigrant

Immigrant Entrepreneurship emerged as a result of the migration of entrepreneurial people pursuing economic success. Through an in-depth literature review a research gap has been outlined, addressing the relationship between immigrants and institutions. Institutions are regarded to play a critical role in shaping the business environment and the establishment of new ventures, thus, different research questions have been outlined in order to address these gaps. Why certain immigrants decide to settle in a specific country compared to another? Are the institutions, formal and informal affecting the host country decision? How immigrant entrepreneurs are abiding to the "rule of the game" in the host country? How is "institutional acculturation" affecting new business ventures? Do some institutions affect immigrant new ventures more than others? Are ethnic networks affecting the successful establishment of immigrant businesses in the host country? Do colonial ties have an effect on the host country decision? The study will analyse Chinese immigrant entrepreneurship in the UK and Italy, allowing further theory development on the subject. The Chinese community has been chosen due to the high level of Chinese migrating towards Europe starting from the 1850s and their influence is considered to increase in the future. Italy has already been used in the literature due to the high level of Chinese immigrant businesses while the UK has been chosen as it features in the first place among the European countries with the highest level of Chinese citizens. Qualitative and quantitative data will be used in the study. The primary qualitative data will follow semi-structured interviews in English and Italian, the interviewees will be Chinese entrepreneurs in the UK and Italy. Nvivo and a thematic analysis will be used to help tracing the development of the research and not overlook important steps during the analytical process. The themes that will be analysed regarding the formal institutions will be; taxation, the government support for the establishment of immigrant businesses, immigration policies, amnesties, visa requirements, laws and regulations for bankruptcy. Furthermore, network with conational, the cultural differences between the home country and host country, the propensity towards corruption and illegal practices and the business customs of the host country will be utilised when looking at the informal institutions. Quantitative secondary data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) will be used, alongside the OECD International Migration Database and the World Governance Indicators. In addition, GDP per capita will be added as a measure of analysis of both home and host country in order to analyse the differences in income between them, the data will be collected from the World Development Indicators Database. Moreover, variables ( colonial ties, language, legal origin) collected from the GeoDist database and CEPII will help identifying whether the historical development has in-fact an impact when considering the destinations among immigrants. To better comprehend the involvement of the institution from an etic perspective, different laws, amnesties and government support initiatives will be analysed. This study aims through a multi-country analysis as a measure of comparison, to understand whether the institutional settings of the host country are affecting the decision making of immigrants and whether the public policies of the government have an effect on the entrepreneurial decisions of these individuals. The study will have implications for policy makers as it will provide useful tools in understanding the actual impact of the regulatory system within a country linked with new business ventures. Therefore, the study has the potential to influence future policymakers in the development of new plans affecting SMEs.

移民企业家精神是追求经济成功的企业家移民的结果。通过深入的文献回顾，研究差距已被概述，解决移民和机构之间的关系。机构被认为在塑造商业环境和建立新企业方面发挥着关键作用，因此，概述了不同的研究问题，以弥补这些差距。为什么某些移民决定定居在一个特定的国家相比，另一个？正式和非正式机构是否影响东道国的决定？移民企业家如何遵守东道国的“游戏规则”？“制度文化适应”如何影响新的商业冒险？一些机构对移民新企业的影响比其他机构更大吗？族裔网络是否影响移民在东道国成功创业？殖民地关系对东道国的决定有影响吗？该研究将分析中国移民在英国和意大利的创业情况，从而进一步发展这一主题的理论。之所以选择华人社区，是因为从19世纪50年代开始，大量华人移民到欧洲，他们的影响力被认为在未来会增加。意大利由于中国移民企业的高水平已经被用于文献中，而英国则被选为中国公民水平最高的欧洲国家之一。本研究将使用定性和定量数据。主要的定性数据将遵循英语和意大利语的半结构化访谈，受访者将是在英国和意大利的中国企业家。Nvivo和专题分析将用于帮助跟踪研究的发展，而不是忽视分析过程中的重要步骤。关于正式机构将分析的主题是：税收，政府对建立移民企业的支持，移民政策，大赦，签证要求，破产法律法规。此外，与国家的网络，母国和东道国之间的文化差异，对腐败和非法行为的倾向和东道国的商业习俗时，将利用非正式机构。将使用《全球创业监测》的定量二手数据，以及经合组织国际移徙数据库和世界治理指标。此外，还将加上人均国内总产值，作为分析母国和东道国的一个尺度，以便分析它们之间的收入差异，数据将从世界发展指标数据库收集。此外，从GeoDist数据库和CEPII收集的变量（殖民关系、语言、法律的起源）将有助于确定在考虑移民目的地时，历史发展是否实际上产生了影响。为了更好地理解机构的参与，从理论的角度来看，不同的法律，大赦和政府的支持举措将进行分析。本研究的目的是通过一个多国分析作为比较的措施，了解东道国的制度设置是否影响移民的决策，以及政府的公共政策是否对这些人的创业决策的影响。这项研究将对决策者产生影响，因为它将提供有用的工具，帮助了解与新企业有关的国家的管理制度的实际影响。因此，这项研究有可能影响未来的决策者制定影响中小企业的新计划。