scholarly journals Communication channels in the host community market adopted by Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinashe T.R. Ndoro ◽  
Lynette Louw ◽  
MacDonald Kanyangale
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Chinese Immigrant ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
Managerial Implications

Orientation: There is a growing prevalence of entrepreneurial activity by immigrant entrepreneurs in different sectors of various economies across the world. Immigrant entrepreneurs seek to identify opportunities to grow and sustain their businesses in hostile business markets. Immigrant entrepreneurs use an array of channels of communication to gain insight of the opportunities in the market.Research purpose: The study sought to investigate the communication channels used by Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs to identify opportunities in the host community market.Motivation for the study: The study was undertaken given the dearth of research on the role of communication channels in enabling the identification of opportunities by immigrant entrepreneurs.Research design, approach and method: A qualitative research design was adopted in which purposive and snowball sampling were adopted. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs operating small businesses in the South African context.Main findings: The results indicate that the immigrant entrepreneurs identified opportunities in the business environment through establishing channels of communication that manifested as networks with family members, customers, local employees and competitors. Building relationships through networks was key for the process of identifying opportunities.Practical/managerial implications: The study provides evidence that information about opportunities in the market is identified through dynamic channels of communication characterised by networks with different stakeholders.Contribution/value-add: Communication channels are pivotal in enabling the identification of opportunities in the business environment. Immigrant entrepreneurs actively create and sustain their relationships with various stakeholders in the business environment to be able to identify opportunities in the business environment.

scholarly journals Immigrant entrepreneurs in rural England – An examination of the socio- cultural barriers facing migrant small businesses in Lincolnshire

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 676-694
Author(s):  
Dieu Hack-Polay ◽  
Justice Tenna Ogbaburu ◽  
Mahfuzur Rahman ◽  
Ali B Mahmoud
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Language Differences ◽  
Institutional Embeddedness ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
Relational Embeddedness ◽  
Rural England

A growing body of literature recognises the crucial role played by immigrant entrepreneurs. However, certain socio-cultural barriers adversely affect their businesses in rural areas. Thus, this article examines the socio-cultural barriers facing immigrant entrepreneurs in Lincolnshire. Eleven semi-structured interviews were held with businesses owned by immigrants from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The findings identified migrant ethnocentrism, stereotypes, cultural differences and language differences as key socio-cultural barriers adversely affecting immigrant businesses in Lincolnshire. The research found that immigrant enterprises experienced growth issues, not just owing to the size of the market but also due to issues of embeddedness in the socio-economic nomenclature. The study found mixed embeddedness to be key to immigrant entrepreneurial success. This involves immigrant adaptation to develop relational embeddedness with the hosts, involvement with its social, structural and institutional frameworks. The study contributes to our understanding of the role of social, relational, structural and institutional embeddedness in steering fertile approaches to immigrant entrepreneurship in rural England which has been under-researched.

Virtual team experiences in an emerging economy: a qualitative study

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 778-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shubhi Gupta ◽  
Govind Swaroop Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Virtual Work ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Virtual Team ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to document the experiences of team members in order to map the kinds of experiential outcomes that they report while working in virtual teams. The study will help to expand the understanding of various issues related to virtual work arrangements from the perceptions of information technology (IT) professionals in India.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted by adopting an exploratory approach with the use of qualitative methodology. The method of sampling adopted was purposive cum snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews (face-to-face and telephonic) were conducted by taking a sample of 52 respondents, who are employed by IT organisations. The interviews were recorded digitally, transcribed and analysed by using the content-coding approach followed by a thematic analysis.FindingsThe foremost contribution of the study is that it has considered the various motivators and the skills required to be a successful virtual team player. Significant challenges encountered in virtual teams have also been identified.Practical implicationsVirtual teams in the contemporary business environment are evolving with an unparalleled velocity. The findings of the paper have implications for managers, team leaders and change agents regarding how to transform and sustain in the rapidly changing business context of emerging economies.Originality/valueIn the extant literature on virtual teams very little is known about how individual members perceive this new form of teamwork. The findings of the study advance research on the topic of virtual teams by lending empirical support with respect to the interaction effects between IT and human beings. Recommendations have been provided for individual team members and organisations.

The impact of social support on job stress of shift working mothers: a study of casino employees in Macao

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Working Mothers ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide an exploratory understanding of the impact of social support on job stress of shift working mothers in Macao casinos.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative research method was adopted in this study. A snowball sampling strategy was used to recruit participants, and in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted on participants from different casinos of six Macao gaming operators.FindingsThe paper found out that emotional and instrumental supports from families and friends are the most important social support for shift working mothers to cope with their job stress in casinos.Research limitations/implicationsA qualitative method may lead to a misinterpretation or ignorance of key information due to the researcher bias. The snowball sampling strategy may lead to a biased sample which may not represent the entire population.Originality/valueThe understanding of what types of social support that shift working mothers appreciate and need the most may provide managerial implications for casino operators for a better support to their female employees.

scholarly journals Analisis Strategi Pengembangan Usaha Golden Berry atau Ciplukan di Waida Farm

Jurnal RASI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Ghita Dwi Saputri ◽  
Tri Hanifawati
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Competitive Strategy ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Matrix Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Strategy Formulation ◽  
Physalis Peruviana ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Processed Products

Waida Farm is an agribusiness pioneer company that cultivates golden berries or ciplukan (Physalis peruviana) and successfully develops various processed products. To increase Waida Farm competitiveness in the future, the formulation of the business development strategy based on its internal and external environment is necessary. This study aims to provide an alternative of competitive strategy formulation with a deeper understanding of its internal and external environment. Data collected through semi-structured interviews and observations in the business environment. Data analyzed using descriptive method refers to significant findings from interviews and observation results. The formulation of alternative strategies conducted using IFE-EFE Matrix, IE Matrix, and SWOT Matrix analysis. The results show that the best alternative competitive strategy for Waida Farm is an intensive strategy through integrated market penetration and product development strategies. This finding provides several managerial implications for the companies described in the discussion.

scholarly journals SMALL BUSINESS IN UDMURTIA: HISTORY OF FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ROLE IN THE REGIONAL ECONOMY AT THE PRESENT STAGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 679-688
Author(s):  
S.V. Radygina
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
State Support ◽  
Udmurt Republic ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Regional Projects ◽  
History Of Formation

The article considers the concept of entrepreneurship, describes various scientific views on the definition of the economic essence of the concept of entrepreneurship. The article reveals the main economic and social functions of entrepreneurship in Russia at the modern stage of economic development. The level of development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Udmurt Republic is characterized, the number of employees and the distribution of small businesses in Udmurtia by type of economic activity are analyzed. The history of formation and development of the system of state support for entrepreneurial activity in Udmurtia is described. A detailed description of the current measures of state support and promotion of small business development is given. The article also describes the directions of participation of the Udmurt Republic in the national project “Small and medium-sized entrepreneurship and support for individual entrepreneurial initiative”, within the framework of which five regional projects are implemented: “Acceleration of SMEs”; “Increased access of SMEs to financial support, including concessional financing”; “Popularization of entrepreneurship”; “Improving the business environment”; “Establishment of a system of support for farmers and development of rural cooperation”. In accordance with regional projects, innovative infrastructure organizations provide financial, property and information advice to small business.

scholarly journals SMALL BUSINESS AS A SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM INDUSTRY IN THE REGION

2017 ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Makarova ◽  
Elena Prokofievna Karlina ◽  
Yana Gennadievna Levina
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Objective Condition ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Recreational Resources ◽  
Working Out ◽  
New Jobs

Tourism has a significant impact on economic development of the regions, encouraging the currency inflow into the country, creating new jobs, improving infrastructure. In this regard, creation of supporting business environment is an objective condition for the effective functioning of small businesses, which form the basis of entrepreneurial activity in tourism. The development of tourism entrepreneurship in the Astrakhan region is characterized by an increase in the number of subjects and objects of the tourist market, the number of tourists and volume of services provided, both due to the presence of unique natural and recreational resources and systemic interaction of subjects of small entrepreneurship within the tourism cluster. The analysis of tourism entrepreneurship in the region has identified a number of issues affecting tourism development: a high share of shadow business entities, monoproductivity, ineffective strategic management, absence of a unified system of state support, etc. The solution of these issues can be found due to the working out and implementing the strategy of tourism development, one aspect of which is the creation of a supporting business environment as a tool for improving the competitiveness of the tourism industry in the region.

Untapped Relationship between Employer Branding, Anticipatory Psychological Contract and Intent to Join

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchika ◽  
Asha Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Employer Branding ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Right ◽  
Employer Of Choice ◽  
The Relationship

In the ever-changing business environment and fluctuating expectations of current generation from its employer, employer branding has become an important tool for organizations to establish themselves as the employer of choice amongst prospective employees. It is serving as the strategic tool for all the sectors to attract and retain the right pool of employees to gain strategic advantage and edge over competitors. The purpose of this article is to identify the dimensions of employer branding and its impact on the formation of anticipatory psychological contract (APC) and final intent of a candidate to join an organization. Using the qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews from final year students of MCA and B.Tech., it provides an insight into how various dimensions of employer branding lead to the formation of APC and generates the final intent among the candidates to join an organization. It comprehensively analyzes the relationship between all three constructs, employer branding, APC and a candidate’s intent to join an organization in the form of a conceptual framework. The result reflects the direct relationship between employer branding and a candidate’s intent to join an organization and indirect relationship with APC as a mediator between the two. It also demonstrates the direct relationship between employer branding and APC. Managerial implications of the study are also discussed.

The Relationship Between Environmental Hostility and Entrepreneurial Orientation of Small Businesses

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-362
Author(s):  
Oluwafemi Dele-Ijagbulu ◽  
Menisha Moos ◽  
Chukuakadibia Eresia-Eke
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Environmental Hostility

Declining entrepreneurship as indicated by low total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) and high business failure is unacceptable in any economy. This predicament is indicative of South Africa’s business environment as well as the entrepreneurial disposition of firms operating within it. However, the factors precipitating entrepreneurial behaviour among small firms are yet to be fully comprehended and the environment as a motivation for entrepreneurship among these firms is yet to be examined thoroughly. Furthermore, research focus on the antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is limited, even as EO has been considered as an aggregated construct repeatedly with inadequate attention directed at its independent constituents. In response to these concerns, this study investigates the relationships between environmental hostility (EH) and the individual components of EO among small businesses in South Africa. Using a quantitative methodological approach, the study conducts a survey, and analyses data obtained through random sampling. Through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM), it is discovered that only four components of EO are statistically recognisable, contrary to five as widely acknowledged in literature. Positive associations were also revealed between EH and each of these dimensions to varying degrees. These findings underline the necessity for entrepreneurial action along the lines of risk-taking, proactive-innovativeness, competitive aggressiveness and autonomy among small businesses in South Africa, given the hostile environment of her small business sector.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Study on Environmental Management Practices among Food and Beverages Processing Industries in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
pp. 138-143
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Organizational Sustainability ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Food And Beverages ◽  
Managerial Implications

Increasing demand for energy, food, and water has resulted in resource depletion. The Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) is becoming a big challenge for the developing countries like Pakistan. Being an agrarian country, the food sector is considered an important segment for the socio-economic development. Currently, the Pakistanis behind in resource efficiency as compare to other Asian countries. Environmental Management System (EMS) acknowledged as a key element to promote organizational sustainability. Previous studies elaborated that the main environmental problems related to food manufacturing are, solid wastes, water wastes, air emissions, noise, odor, and a huge consumption of energy and water. Thus, SCP practices provide safe and sustainable human settlements, and helps in reduction of wastages. In this study, Semi-structured interviews were conducted from the owners/managers in the food and beverages processing industries of Pakistan. Purposive with snowball sampling techniques were used to investigate the existing practices of environmental management, barriers and motives towards implementation of EMS. The main problems identified were lack of awareness, weak implementation of environmental regulations, and higher cost of certification, complex documentation procedures, and unavailability of latest technologies accordingly, the study presents managerial implications to overcome the above mentioned issues.

scholarly journals The nexus of social capital, coping ability and employment creation in African immigrant-owned small businesses

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-323
Author(s):  
Eresia-Eke Chukuakadibia ◽  
Okerue Chijioke
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Employment Creation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
African Immigrant ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
Networking Ability ◽  
Philosophical Standpoint

Immigrant entrepreneurship, like other facets of entrepreneurship, contributes towards a country’s productivity, partly through employment creation. However, the specific factors, in the form of social capital, that lend themselves to this employment creation potential, remain largely unknown. It is against this background that this study sought to determine if the variables of language proficiency and networking ability bear an association with the employment creation ability of African immigrant entrepreneurs.This quantitative study was executed from a positivism philosophical standpoint. Relying on the population of African immigrants in the small business sector in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique, the non-probability sampling techniques of convenience and snowball sampling were used to identify 2,500 participants. Data were collected in a cross-sectional manner, with self-administered questionnaires and an effective 33% response rate was realized.Findings reveal a statistically significant relationship between language proficiency and employment creation, while that between networking ability and employment creation was not significant. Nonetheless, most of the studied African immigrant entrepreneurs across the countries agreed that language proficiency and networking ability have helped them cope with the rigors of operating their businesses. These findings signal the need for interventions for building language proficiency and networking ability for African immigrant entrepreneurs.

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