Indonesian entrepreneurs in the UK: a social capital perspective on challenges and opportunities of migrant entrepreneurs

Eddy Setiawan, Dessy Irawati and Roel Rutten

Chapter 8 in Handbook of Social Capital and Regional Development, 2016, pp 193-220 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This study uses the example of six Indonesian migrant entrepreneurs in the UK to demonstrate how social capital ‘works’. Based on in-depth interviews with these people, the study identifies how bonding and bridging social capital play a different role in the start-up and development phases of a business. Importantly, the study shows how material conditions, such as education, legal status and kind of business, affect the development of social capital of migrant entrepreneurs. The study further explains how maintaining bonding social capital in one’s own community may come at the expenses of building bridging social capital that is needed for business development.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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