Upward Transition of Indian Entrepreneurs: from Simple Working to Ethnic Entrepreneurship. A Case Study in an Italian Region

Mohammed Rahmat Alì (), Marcello De Rosa () and Perito Maria Angela ()
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Mohammed Rahmat Alì: University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy
Marcello De Rosa: PhD., University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy
Perito Maria Angela: PhD., University of Teramo, Italy and INRA, UR1303, ALISS, Ivry-sur-Seine, France

European Countryside, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 536-549

Abstract: This paper explores the role of entrepreneurial orientation in addressing upward mechanisms of Indian immigrant workers in rural areas. To achieve this purpose, an empirical analysis was carried out to investigate how entrepreneurial orientation may affect mechanisms of professional transition. Precisely, we managed direct interviews among Indian workers (through the support of cultural mediators), local actors (like public and private advisors) and Italian entrepreneurs. Our funding suggests the presence of three Indian workers in Italy (simple workers, intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs), characterised by different entrepreneurial profile acting as engine or barrier to what we have labelled as “upward transition”. Immigrant entrepreneurs play a relevant role in Italy and in our point of view, it is of paramount importance to allow them to access to rural development policies, knowledge, training and education upgrading.

Keywords: ethnic rural entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial orientation; upward transition; Indian immigrants; Italian agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2021-0031

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