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Bridging the Gap Transnationally-Coupling Migrants' Informal and Formal Business Activities Through Hybrid Business Models




TekijätDavid, Alexandra; Terstriep, Judith; Elo, Maria

KustantajaWiley

KustannuspaikkaHOBOKEN

Julkaisuvuosi2024

JournalThunderbird International Business Review

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiTHUNDERBIRD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW

Lehden akronyymiTHUNDERBIRD INT BUS

Vuosikerta66

Numero4

Aloitussivu373

Lopetussivu389

Sivujen määrä17

ISSN1096-4762

eISSN1520-6874

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22391

Verkko-osoitehttps://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22391

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/457093973


Tiivistelmä
Multifocal practices allow transnational migrant entrepreneurs (TMEs) to access extended opportunity structures in diverse entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs). National and regional regulations, customer relations, market demands, networks, and country-specific entrepreneurial statuses facilitate the strategic coupling of informal and formal business structures toward hybrid business models. However, "how" TMEs innovate and develop approaches to build from informal, formal business models in parallel across national borders remains largely underexplored. Our multiple case study presents three Polish-German TMEs who operate on a multifocal basis in different ecosystems. The longitude study of these entrepreneurs illustrates how transnational migrant businesses can change the owners' power dynamics, habitus, and feelings of belonging while counteracting social exclusion and self-discrimination. Our study contributes to the theoretical debate by illuminating the pathway between informality and formality facilitated by migrant entrepreneurs' transnational business models and their multifocal practices, possibly turning into transnational embeddedness in two or more ecosystems.

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