IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Case studies of challenges faced by immigrant entrepreneurs in a large and small Swedish city
2010 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Title: Immigrant Entrepreneurship - Case studies of challenges faced by immigrant entrepreneurs in a large and small Swedish city.
Purpose: The purpose is to investigate if the challenges faced by immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden differ between large and small cities.
Method: Eight case studies, four in Jönköping and four in Stockholm of seven Asian and one Eastern Europe immigrant entrepreneurs in the restaurant business.
Results: The typical Jönköping case and the typical Stockholm case are similar with respect to some challenges faced: a lack of finance, marketing and sales skills are key challenges, and language is not a strong challenge in either city. The typical cases are different with respect to whether or not working longer hours, high rent and administrative and regulatory requirement are challenges.
Keywords: Challenges, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Immigrants, Jönköping and Stockholm
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2010. , p. 39
Keywords [en]
Immigrants, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, challenges
National Category
Social Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-13459OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-13459DiVA, id: diva2:355107
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
Supervisors
Examiners
2010-10-072010-10-052010-10-07Bibliographically approved