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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2018)
5th AIB-CEE 2018 Conference Proceedings | 9th ENTRE 2018 Conference Proceedings (Special Issue)

Articles

Theoretical analysis of migrant motivations to entrepreneurship

Published 2018-09-12

  • Eugene Terungwa Agoh
    • ,
  • Vilmante Kumpikaite-Valiuniene

Eugene Terungwa Agoh
Kaunas University of Technology

Vilmante Kumpikaite-Valiuniene
Kaunas University of Technology

Abstract

This paper is formulated based on prior studies on migrant entrepreneurs while taking into account their motivation to become entrepreneurs in the host country.  The analysis shows a diverse research nature of migrant entrepreneur’s motivations to engage in entrepreneurship in the host countries mostly coming from emerging markets specifically Asian countries and in particular south-east Asia, countries such as India, Bangladesh, China, Sri-Lanka, and Pakistan to settle in Australia, New Zealand, The UAE, The U.S, Canada  the UK, and Germany and the Netherlands. We also found that most of their reasons for venturing in entrepreneurship were lack of job opportunities that fit their skill sets, discrimination in workplaces, skills, and ease for starting online businesses and talent to exploit business opportunities in the host country. At the end, we presented the results in form of a theoretical model, illustrating the motivational factors for migrant entrepreneurs to engage in entrepreneurship in the studied host countries.

Keywords

Migrants, Migrant entrepreneurs, Migrants’ motivation, entrepreneur-ship

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