The effect of culture on opportunity recognition: a qualitative study of immigrant and native-born entrepreneurs

Kaveh Moghaddam, Pooya Tabesh, Thomas Weber and Sara Azarpanah

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2017, vol. 31, issue 2, 309-324

Abstract: Several studies have highlighted the effect of culture on decisions and behaviours of entrepreneurs. Building on this research stream, this paper suggests that comparing immigrant entrepreneurs and native-born entrepreneurs provides a fruitful setting to examine the effect of culture on entrepreneurship in general and opportunity recognition in particular. Through qualitative analysis of matched pairs of seven immigrant and seven native-born entrepreneurs, this exploratory study reveals that immigrant entrepreneurs exhibit a higher tendency towards recognising entrepreneurial opportunities through the opportunity discovery process rather than the opportunity creation process.

Keywords: immigrant entrepreneurs; qualitative research; culture; opportunity recognition. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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