Analysing immigration around the world, Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Opportunities, Ventures and Outcomes in a Global Market illuminates how immigrant entrepreneurs overcome barriers to mobilise resources across diverse socio-economic environments.
Drawing on case studies from Africa, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere, the author explores how contemporary migration patterns, informal economies and digitalisation influence entrepreneurial outcomes. In emphasising entrepreneurial strategies that help adapt to exclusion and regulatory complexity, this book provides a nuanced understanding of the entire field of immigrant entrepreneurship.
The global comparative approach taken by this book sheds light on the vital role that immigration plays in driving entrepreneurial growth in economic development around the world. The result is a resource that is enlightening reading for researchers and advanced students of entrepreneurship, international business and development studies.
By:
Tamaralaiyefa Tiemo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
ISBN: 9781032996097
ISBN 10: 1032996099
Series: Topics in Entrepreneurship
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 25 September 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
1. Introduction: the global landscape of immigrant entrepreneurship Part 1: Theoretical perspectives and structural dynamics 2. Toward a multidimensional understanding of immigrant entrepreneurship: a reconceptualised mixed embeddedness framework 3. Structural barriers and adaptive strategies in immigrant entrepreneurship: innovation, inclusion, and institutional engagement Part 2: Case studies of immigrant entrepreneurship in global contexts 4. Immigrant entrepreneurship in North America: identity, innovation, and institutional engagement across urban contexts 5. Immigrant entrepreneurship in Western Europe: embedded agency, cultural capital, and urban transformation 6. Immigrant entrepreneurship in Oceania: intersectionality, translocal agency, and institutional navigation 7. Immigrant entrepreneurship in the Middle East: navigating institutional fragmentation, legal precarity, and adaptive strategies 8. Immigrant entrepreneurship in Latin America: transnational adaptation, informal practices, and institutional fragmentation 9. Immigrant entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: navigating informality, exclusion, and transnational opportunity structures 10. Conclusion: the future of immigrant entrepreneurship
Tamaralaiyefa Harold Tiemo, PhD, is a senior lecturer in Global Business and Entrepreneurship at Global Banking School, UK (affiliated with Oxford Brookes University). He is also an economic development consultant focused on policy and enterprise growth in Delta State, Nigeria.
