The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship

by Thomas M. Cooney (Editor)

Overview

Bringing much needed clarity and definition to the term 'minority entrepreneur,' this authoritative and timely handbook explores the distinctive challenges that minority communities face when founding and managing new ventures. The handbook is inclusive of any community who might be considered disadvantaged or under-represented in terms of entrepreneurial activity and included are women, youths, seniors, disabled, immigrants, Indigenous peoples, LBGTQ+, ex-offenders, Roma, refugees and many others. Chapters highlight the idiosyncratic nature of the many communities examined before offering frameworks and models that draw together the various findings.

With a cast of international contributors, this scholarly handbook discusses the surrounding literature of minority entrepreneurship and takes an all-encompassing approach to its interpretation. It also addresses the sorely under-researched area of entrepreneurial behaviour among minorities and disadvantaged groups. This is particularly important for policymakers tasked with designing and delivering initiatives that are appropriate for the needs of these communities.

Ultimately this handbook contributes to existing knowledge by:

• providing a current understanding of the literature for each of the communities;

• investigating the uniqueness of the entrepreneurial behaviour within the communities;

• offering new frameworks/models from which future researchers can build new knowledge.

The handbook provides a comprehensive account of an important and fast emerging field of entrepreneurship, and is an invaluable resource for students, researchers and policymakers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030666057
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	04/18/2021
Edition description:	1st ed. 2021
Pages:	587
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thomas M. Cooney is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Technological University Dublin (Ireland) and is the founder of the Institute for Minority Entrepreneurship. He has published widely on minority entrepreneurship, and is a former Editor of the journal Small Enterprise Research. He is a policy adviser to governments, the European Commission, the OECD and other international organisations.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Introduction (Editor)

Understanding the Current Situation

2. Understanding the term ‘Minority Entrepreneurship’ – Leo Paul Dana (Montpellier Business School)

3. What does GEM say about Minority Entrepreneurship - Mike Herrington (University of Cape Town)

4. Geography and Minority Entrepreneurship – Friederike Welter (University of Siegen)

5. Building a profile of successful minority entrepreneurs – Monder Ram (University of Birmingham)

6. Social capital, networks and minority entrepreneurs – Teresa Menzies (Brock University)

7. Entrepreneurial ecosystems and minority entrepreneurs – Norris Kruger (Boise State University)

8. Questioning dominant entrepreneurship assumptions – Karen Verduijn (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Examining Entrepreneurial Behaviour Amongst Different Minority Communities

9. Do Women engage differently in entrepreneurship? – Candida Brush (Babson College)

10. Stimulating Youth entrepreneurship – Francis Greene (University of Edinburgh)

11. Senior entrepreneurs as untapped potential – Alex Maritz (LaTrobe University)

12. Going from Unemployed to self-employed - Pernilla Andersson (Skholm University)

13. Immigrants and the opportunity for transnational diaspora entrepreneurship - Xiaohua Lin (Ryerson University)

14. The challenges of coming out as a Gay entrepreneur – Etain Kidney (Dublin Institute of Technology)

15. Entrepreneurship as a career for People with Disability – Eva Kasperova (Manchester Metropolitan University)

16. The potential future value of entrepreneurship for NEETs – Amparo Serrano Pascual (University of Madrid)

17. Cannot get a job so how do Ex-Offenders start a business – Robert Smith (Robert Gordon University)

18. Being Aborigine or Maori does not aid being an entrepreneur – Ella Henry (Auckland University of Technology)

19. Native Americans and - Rick Colbourne (University of Northern British Columbia)

20. Gypsies / Roma: Travelling can be disruptive to creating a sustainable business – Dennis Foley (University of Canberra)

21. The unique challenges Veterans face when starting a business - Tiago Ratinho (IESEG School of Management)

22. From taking flight to putting down roots: the entrepreneurial journey of a Refugee - Sibylle Heilbrunn (Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee)

23. How does Entrepreneurial Behaviour differ across Minority Communities? – John Kitching (Kingston University)

Where Do We Go from Here?

24. Developing a Model for Minority Entrepreneurship – Thierry Volery (University of Western Australia)

25. Fostering Inclusive Entrepreneurship Policies - Mariana Mazzucato (University College London)

26. Future Research Opportunities – Gerard George (Imperial College)

27. Minority Entrepreneurs: Challenges and How to Succeed – Barbara Oliver (Enterprise Publishing Inc)

Conclusion

28. Closing Thoughts (Editor)

The proposed authors will be invited to write a chapter on their given topic. Should they be unavailable, then another person who has published in that specific area will be invited to write a chapter on that selected topic. A broad Call for Papers will also be issued to enable people of different backgrounds to also contribute to the book. Those who respond to the Call may be invited to write chapters where proposed authors are not available.