Immigrant business enterprises: A classification framework conceptualization and test

Authors

Roberto Curci, Butler UniversityFollow
Robert Mackoy, Butler UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Publication Title

Thunderbird International Business Review

First Page

107

Last Page

121

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tie.20318

Abstract

This article proposes the Immigrant Business Enterprises Classification Framework to organize immigrant-owned businesses into categories associated with different levels of business integration into a host country's mainstream business community. The article applies the framework and reports the findings of structured face-to-face interviews with 199 Hispanic business enterprises (HBEs) in Indianapolis. The authors find Hispanic-owned businesses hold different characteristics depending upon the integration category in which they are classified; the findings suggest that to support immigrant entrepreneurship, governments, business development organizations, and researchers should address category-specific challenges, opportunities, and needs.

Rights

Version of record can be found through Wiley.

Recommended Citation

Curci, Roberto and Mackoy, Robert, "Immigrant business enterprises: A classification framework conceptualization and test" (2010). Scholarship and Professional Work - Business. 165.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cob_papers/165