Diversity in entrepreneurship: ethnic and female roles in irban economic life

T.B. Levent, E. Masurel and Peter Nijkamp
Additional contact information
T.B. Levent: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie (Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Business Administration and Economitrics

No 32, Serie Research Memoranda from VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate the phenomenon of ethnic female entrepreneurship in urban economic life. The focus of the research is on the attitudes and behaviour of Turkish female entrepreneurs in Amsterdam. The main question we pose is: Are ethnic female entrepreneurs special ethnic entrepreneurs or special female entrepreneurs? This paper provides an answer to this question on the basis of field surveys. The results of the case study research on Turkish female entrepreneurs in Amsterdam show that the 'ethnic fernale profile' is a 'special female profile' and that Turkish female entrepreneurs are 'special female entrepreneurs', particularly in terms of their personal and business characteristics, and their driving forces and motivations. They appear to combine their ethnic opportunities with their personal characteristics (and other opportunities) in the urban market, and to perform successfully. This is also due to the fact that they have become service providers for not only their own ethnic groups, but also for other groups in the city.

Date: 2002
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://degree.ubvu.vu.nl/repec/vua/wpaper/pdf/20020032.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: Diversity in entrepreneurship: ethnic and female roles in urban economic life (2003)
Working Paper: Diversity in Entrepreneurship: Ethnic and Female Roles in Urban Economic Life (2003)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:vua:wpaper:2002-32

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Serie Research Memoranda from VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by R. Dam ().