Fragmented networks and transnational entrepreneurship: Building strategies to prosper in challenging surroundings

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dc.contributor.authorSantamaria-Alvarez
dc.contributor.authorS.M.
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz-Castro
dc.contributor.authorD.C.
dc.contributor.authorSarmiento-González
dc.contributor.authorM.A.
dc.contributor.authorMarín-Zapata
dc.contributor.authorS.I.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-28T14:39:52Z
dc.date.available2021-01-28T14:39:52Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-01
dc.description.abstractTransnational entrepreneurship studies highlight the importance of personal profiles, institutions, and networks in creating and succeeding in this type of entrepreneurship. Even so, less is known about migrants whose networks are fragmented and closed, facing challenging environments at home and abroad. This paper aims to study the attributes of transnational entrepreneurs with small and fragmented networks, from post-conflict environments, who can perform an important role in the socioeconomic development and internationalization level of their countries of origin due to the cross border mobilization of resources they encourage. For that reason, the specific case of Colombian transnational entrepreneurs who have been able to overcome those obstacles with their transnational business is analyzed with the intention of understanding how they manage those shortcomings when engaging in transnational entrepreneurship. In aiming to obtain a deeper understanding of their characteristics, similitudes, differences, and motivations, the research uses multiple case studies. The main findings suggest that transnational entrepreneurs form purposeful–strategic networks to compensate their lack of amalgamated social systems, and that they have special qualities that distinguish them from other Colombian migrants and transnational entrepreneurs. Moreover, Colombian transnational entrepreneurs focus their business in the international market, using strategically their knowledge of both the local and foreign environment, while their main interest to do so is not altruistic but business oriented. Governments from post-conflict countries should promote transnational entrepreneurship while facilitating network formation and institutional trust through diverse strategies. Finally, implications for further research are drawn. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.eng
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dc.identifierhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85039872412&doi=10.1007%2fs10843-017-0215-2&partnerID=40&md5=d7a631d5f3db2f9867758361d01535ae
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10843-017-0215-2
dc.identifier.issn1573-7349
dc.identifier.otherWOS;000438282800007
dc.identifier.otherSCOPUS;2-s2.0-85039872412
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/25024
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherSpringer New York LLC
dc.rightshttps://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1570-7385
dc.sourceJournal of International Entrepreneurship
dc.subject.keywordDiaspora investmenteng
dc.subject.keywordNetworkseng
dc.subject.keywordStrategic networkseng
dc.subject.keywordTransnational entrepreneurshipeng
dc.titleFragmented networks and transnational entrepreneurship: Building strategies to prosper in challenging surroundingseng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleeng
dc.typearticleeng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioneng
dc.typepublishedVersioneng
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