Strategic Orientation and Performance in Immigrant Firms: The Migration Journey as a Driver of Entrepreneurial Strategy (Entrepreneurial Behaviour)

Traditionally, research on immigrant entrepreneurship has adopted a somewhat monolithic perspective, often concentrating on the sheer number of immigrant-founded businesses, their internationalization strategies or their economic contributions.In many cases, immigrants are regarded merely as another sample population to which mainstream entrepreneurial theories are applied, rather than being recognized as a distinct phenomenon warranting a tailored approach. Strategic Orientation and Performance in Immigrant Firms introduces a new conceptual model that considers how the entrepreneur’s migration journey serves as a vital source of entrepreneurial heterogeneity, ultimately accounting for differences in strategic orientation and performance between immigrant- and non-immigrant-founded firms.Recognizing that immigrant entrepreneurs are heterogeneous individuals who adapt differently to new environments, the book offers a more sophisticated understanding of how cultural, individual, and soc