Search for dissertations about: "immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship.

2. 1. Voices of entrepreneurship and small business : immigrant enterprises in Kista, Stockholm

   Author : Tobias Dalhammar; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business and economics; immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship; high tech science-and technology-based firms; traditional service-based firms; Ekonomi; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

   Abstract : Immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship is a subject that has received increased attention in recent years. Many immigrants or people with ethnic backgrounds different from the majority population run their own businesses, in Sweden as well as in most countries and contexts in the world. READ MORE

4. 2. "I Wanna Be Free" : On the Challenges and Coping Strategies of Women Entrepreneurs in Sweden

   Author : Aziza Al Ghafri; Charlotte Holgersson; Monica Lindgren; Whysnianti Basuki; Elisabeth Ljunggren; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; gender equality; women entrepreneurs; gendered entrepreneurship; immigrant entrepreneurs; ethnicity; race; challenges; coping strategies; othering; identity work; belonging; empowerment; emancipation; Sweden.; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

   Abstract : Women's entrepreneurship is often presented as important for creating economic prosperity at the national level and is said to offer freedom, independence, and emancipation for women. The purpose of this study is to explore the conditions of women entrepreneurs who have different backgrounds in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 3. Opportunity creation as a mixed embedding process : A study of immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden

   Author : Quang V. D. Evansluong; Caroline Wigren-Kristoferson; Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas; Monder Ram; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; immigrant entrepreneurship; opportunity creation; entrepreneurial opportunity; social integration; Sweden; mixed embeddedness; mixed embedding; företagsekonomi; immigrant entrepreneurship; opportunity creation; entrepreneurial opportunity; Social integration; sweden; mixed embeddedness; mixed embedding;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurial opportunities are frequently noted and addressed in the literature of immigrant entrepreneurship; however, little is known about how these entrepreneurial opportunities come into existence and how immigrant entrepreneurs create such opportunities. The purpose of this thesis is to examine why and how immigrant entrepreneurs create entrepreneurial opportunities through embedding processes in the home country and the host country. READ MORE

6. 4. Making drugs ethnic : Khat and minority drug use in Sweden

   Author : Johan Nordgren; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : Drug use; Khat; Ethnicity; Culture; Discourse analysis;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to study how discourses and problem representations have made some drugs and some forms of drug use into “ethnic problems” in Sweden and in Scandinavia. The primary example of such a process discussed in the dissertation concerns the use of the psychoactive and criminalized plant khat. READ MORE

7. 5. Immigrant entrepreneurs in a changing institutional context : a mixed embeddedness approach

   Author : Aliaksei Kazlou; Martin Klinthäll; Susanne Urban; Karl Wennberg; Monder Ram; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigrant entrepreneurs; Mixed embeddedness; Entrepreneurial process; Institutional change; Invandrarföretagare; Mixed embeddedness; Entreprenörsprocess; Institutionell förändring;

   Abstract : Immigrant entrepreneurs are known to be heterogeneous in terms of available resources and entrepreneurial outcomes. However, this heterogeneity, as well as immigrant entrepreneurs’ embeddedness in social networks and the institutional context of high-income welfare states such as Sweden, remains understudied. READ MORE