Diversity in immigrant entrepreneurial strategies in transnational contexts
Book chapter
Syrett, S., Onyima, J.K. and Sepulveda, L. 2025. Diversity in immigrant entrepreneurial strategies in transnational contexts. in: Lassalle, P. and Yamamura, S. (ed.) Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship and Diversity Edward Elgar Publishing . pp. 300-312
| Chapter title | Diversity in immigrant entrepreneurial strategies in transnational contexts |
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| Authors | Syrett, S., Onyima, J.K. and Sepulveda, L. |
| Abstract | Increasing awareness of the diversity of immigrant entrepreneurs and the contexts in which they are embedded has prompted a need to reappraise our understanding of immigrant entrepreneurial strategies. Whereas past notions of immigrant business breakout strategy were rooted in a restricted understanding of immigrant entrepreneurial characteristics and contexts, a conceptualisation of immigrant entrepreneurship rooted within transnational, multifocal embeddedness produces a complex and multi-layered understanding of diverse and dynamic immigrant business strategies. Findings presented here analyse the business strategies pursued by first- and second-generation UK-based Nigerian entrepreneurs to identify a range of different strategic pathways. This approach develops an understanding of the diversity of immigrant entrepreneurial strategy rooted within the experiences and practice of immigrant entrepreneurs operating within a transnational context. |
| Keywords | Immigrant Entrepreneurship; Transnational Business; Diversity; Entrepreneurial Strategy; Breakout |
| Sustainable Development Goals | 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure |
| Middlesex University Theme | Creativity, Culture & Enterprise |
| Page range | 300-312 |
| Book title | Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship and Diversity |
| Editors | Lassalle, P. and Yamamura, S. |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Series | Research Handbooks in Business and Management |
| ISBN | |
| Hardcover | 9781803924144 |
| Electronic | 9781803924151 |
| Publication dates | |
| 11 Dec 2025 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Accepted | 2025 |
| Deposited | 16 Apr 2026 |
| Output status | Published |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803924151.00030 |
| Related Output | |
| Is part of | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803924151 |
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