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Extending Mixed Embeddedness: Entrepreneurial Figurations of Entrepreneurs with Migrant Origins in Germany
Eine Erweiterung des Mixed Embeddedness Ansatzes: Unternehmerische Figurationen von Migrantenunternehmen in Deutschland
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Abstract Focusing on entrepreneurs with migrant origins, this contribution introduces the concept of entrepreneurial figurations as a theoretical complement to mixed embeddedness. After introducing Elias’ concept of figuration, I explain how figurations can be used to understand migrant entrepreneurship. Usi... view more
Focusing on entrepreneurs with migrant origins, this contribution introduces the concept of entrepreneurial figurations as a theoretical complement to mixed embeddedness. After introducing Elias’ concept of figuration, I explain how figurations can be used to understand migrant entrepreneurship. Using a dataset of 584 entrepreneurs with migrant origins, I show to what extent entrepreneurs of migrant origin build their businesses on co-ethnic interaction and how coethnic economic relations are combined into different figurations. The analysis shows that a majority of entrepreneurs with migrant origins in Germany do not make use of any co-ethnic resources. The discussion points out crucial differences between branches of economic activity and I propose that figurations, understood as typical interaction patterns, could foster the understanding of different types of migrant entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the analysis shows that the figurational approach is a useful complement to mixed embeddedness, which helps to deal with the plethora of phenomena in migrant entrepreneurship.... view less
Keywords
Elias, N.; migration background; economic development (single enterprise); interaction; figuration; Federal Republic of Germany; interaction pattern; entrepreneurship; social network; socioeconomic factors; ethnic relations; social adjustment; network analysis
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics
Free Keywords
Migrant entrepreneurship; figurational sociology; mixed embeddedness
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 162-185
Journal
Historical Social Research, 44 (2019) 4
Issue topic
Collective Engagement in Entrepreneurship: Sociological and Historical Reflections upon Entrepreneurial Groups and Entrepreneurial Families
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed