Expanding understanding of family social capital in crowdfunding of migrant entrepreneurial ventures

Nadia Arshad and Adele Berndt

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 2021, vol. 17, issue 1, 182-207

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this study is to understand the role of the migrant entrepreneur’s social capital and specifically their family social capital in the success of their crowdfunding ventures. Design/methodology/approach - This paper develops an exploratory single case study of the Persu Bag started by a Chinese migrant entrepreneur in the USA, which was documented through in-depth interviews, email communication, social media interactions and secondary documents publicly available. This paper draws on crowdfunding and social capital literature to fulfil the purpose and adopt the perspective of the migrant entrepreneur in the study. Findings - The study shows that the crowdfunding migrant entrepreneur’s family network contributes with their operand and operant resources from both the country of residence and country of origin. Besides having financial capacity, institutional knowledge and experience from both the host and home countries, the family network in both countries make the crowdfunding immigrant entrepreneur’s families more resourceful, providing additional benefits to the crowdfunding migrant entrepreneurs in the development of the campaign and crowdfunded venture. Originality/value - This study broadens the understanding of the ways migrant entrepreneurs can rely on their family social capital for building financial capacity and starting a crowdfunded venture.

Keywords: Crowdfunding social capital; Family social capital; Operand and operant resources; Migrant entrepreneurship; Family network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1108/JEC-04-2020-0056

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