Diaspora Networks in International Business: Perspectives for Understanding and Managing Diaspora Business and Resources

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv
 The Concept of Diaspora from the Perspective of International Business and Economy: An Introduction to the Book  (Maria Elo, Indianna Minto-Coy)....Pages 1-14
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 Diaspora and International Business in the Homeland: From Impact of Remittances to Determinants of Entrepreneurship and Research Agenda  (Elie Chrysostome, Jean-Marie Nkongolo-Bakenda)....Pages 17-39
 Learning in Various Types of New Ventures: The Role of “Incoming” Entrepreneurs  (Julie Emontspool, Per Servais)....Pages 41-54
 Leveraging the Caribbean Diaspora for Development: The Role of Network Effects  (Dillon Alleyne, Ikhalfani Solan)....Pages 55-77
 A Taste of Home: The Nostalgia Trade and Migrant Economic Transnationalism  (Manuel Orozco, Julia Yansura)....Pages 79-102
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 Transnational Investments of the Tunisian Diaspora: Trajectories, Skills Accumulation and Constraints  (Sylvia Garcia Delahaye, Gabriela Tejada)....Pages 105-126
 Transnational Entrepreneurship in a Post-conflict Society: Perspectives from Sri Lanka  (Rondy de Silva)....Pages 127-139
 A Portrait of the Current Portuguese Wave of Qualified Emigrants  (Susana Costa e Silva, Vilmantė Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė)....Pages 141-157
 Four Lithuanian Emigration Waves: Comparison Analysis of the Main Host Countries  (Vilmantė Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė)....Pages 159-181
 Criminality, Smuggling, Counterfeit and Trafficking: A Review of Different Types of Criminal Activities in Diaspora Networks  (Arla Juntunen)....Pages 183-201
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 Shaking the Minority Box: Conceptualizing the Impact of Context and Social Capital on the Entrepreneurial Activity of Minorities  (Leo-Paul Dana, Markku Virtanen, Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen)....Pages 205-228
 Social Capital, Diaspora and Post Internationalization: A Developing Economy Case  (Luis Zárate-Montero, Rosalina Torres-Ortega)....Pages 229-256
 Life-Satisfaction of Entrepreneurs in the Diaspora: Embedded in Transnational Networks and International Business  (Ye Liu, Thomas Schøtt)....Pages 257-275
 Socialising to Entrepreneurship: Issues in Diaspora Entrepreneurship and Multiculturalism in the UK  (Sanya Ojo)....Pages 277-297
 The Role of Linguistic Resources in the Institutional Organisation of the Armenian Diaspora in Finland  (Sonya Sahradyan, Maria Elo)....Pages 299-319
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 Leadership Concepts for Diaspora Entrepreneurship: What Does Management and Organization Theory Offer?  (Jörg Freiling)....Pages 323-336
 The Role of Diaspora Entrepreneurship in Economic Integration of Diasporans in the Polish Context  (Jan Brzozowski)....Pages 337-356
 The Case Story of Inga, an Estonian Craft Shop Owner in Finland  (Satu Aaltonen, Elisa Akola)....Pages 357-371
 The Path of a Successful Entrepreneurial Sojourner: A Case Study About Ilan Maimon  (Călin Gurău, Erez Katz Volovelsky, Leo-Paul Dana)....Pages 373-390
 Case Studies: Japanese Entrepreneurs in Emerging Countries  (Aki Harima)....Pages 391-403
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 Diaspora Networks in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions  (William Y. Degbey, Kimberly M. Ellis)....Pages 407-421
 Internationalization Intentions in Domestic New Technology-Based Firms: A Comparison Between Immigrant and Non-immigrant Entrepreneurs  (Daniela Bolzani)....Pages 423-447
 The Use of New Technologies by Migrant Entrepreneurs in Two European Cities  (Alberta Andreotti, Giacomo Solano)....Pages 449-467
 Understanding Entrepreneurship and International Business Knowledge Transfer by Diaspora Knowledge Networks: The Case of Honduras Global  (Allan Discua Cruz, Pedro Marcial Cerrato Sabillon)....Pages 469-491
 Marketing and Diaspora Tourism: Visual Online Learning Materials as Tools to Attract the Haitian Diaspora ‘New Generation’  (Hugues Séraphin)....Pages 493-510
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 The Philippines Experience in Managing Diaspora Resources: Policies and Initiatives in Facilitating Diaspora Engagement  (Imelda M. Nicolas, Joanna Lyn S. Rodriguez)....Pages 513-528
 Entrepreneurship in an Institutionally Distant Context: Bangladeshi Diaspora Entrepreneurs in Denmark  (Mohammad B. Rana, Foujia Sultana Nipa)....Pages 529-555
 Emigrants from the Western Balkans: The Region’s Money Sacks?  (Iris Koleša)....Pages 557-590
 Beyond Remittances: Understanding UK Diaspora Investment Platforms and Networks  (Diasmer Panna Bloe, Stella Opoku-Owusu)....Pages 591-607
 Business Ethics and Human Rights. The Industrial Involvement in the Embeddedness of the Tibetan Community in Rikon, Switzerland: A Case Study  (Marianthe Stavridou)....Pages 609-634
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 Towards a Multi-disciplinary Framing of Diaspora Networks in International Business  (Maria Elo, Indianna Minto-Coy)....Pages 637-652