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Mobile Entrepreneurs: An Ethnographic Study of the Migration of the Highly Skilled
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Abstract Migration, mobility, and globalization are transforming ways of working and living. Business activities, relationships and a sense of belonging are often not tied to any one place. This book explores biographies of highly mobile startup founders who often run startups that have been called "born glo... view more
Migration, mobility, and globalization are transforming ways of working and living. Business activities, relationships and a sense of belonging are often not tied to any one place. This book explores biographies of highly mobile startup founders who often run startups that have been called "born global". It describes how they move, how they orientate and perceive themselves, and how migration and mobility play a role beyond the physical act of ‘moving’. Presenting current ethnographic research, the book critically discusses approaches in migration and mobility studies and the research field of the "migration of the highly skilled".... view less
Keywords
highly qualified worker; migration; mobility; globalization; new economy; labor; entrepreneurship; life style; transnationalization
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Publisher
Budrich UniPress Ltd.
City
Opladen
Page/Pages
171 p.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/86388790
ISBN
978-3-86388-360-7
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed