05 · Library
The field, on one shelf.
Books, journal articles, reports, datasets, government resources and other learning materials — gathered, annotated and easy to cite.
- 2001Journal articleImmigrant entrepreneurs in advanced economies: mixed embeddedness further exploredRobert Kloosterman & Jan Rath · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 27(2), 189–201A key statement of mixed embeddedness: immigrant businesses are shaped both by founders’ social networks and by the markets and institutions around them.
- 1990Journal articleEthnicity and entrepreneurshipHoward E. Aldrich & Roger Waldinger · Annual Review of Sociology, 16, 111–135A classic review of why some ethnic and immigrant groups show higher rates of business ownership, weighing opportunity structures against group characteristics.
- 1990BookEthnic Entrepreneurs: Immigrant Business in Industrial SocietiesRoger Waldinger, Howard Aldrich & Robin Ward · Sage PublicationsThe edited volume behind the “interactive model”, which explains immigrant business through the interplay of opportunity structures, group resources and strategies.
- 2014BookImmigrant America: A PortraitAlejandro Portes & Rubén G. Rumbaut · University of California Press (4th edition)A wide-ranging portrait of immigration to the United States, including how immigrants find work and build businesses.
- 2004Journal articleRevisiting ethnic entrepreneurship: convergencies, controversies, and conceptual advancementsMin Zhou · International Migration Review, 38(3), 1040–1074Reviews key concepts in ethnic entrepreneurship research, including the distinction between middleman-minority and enclave entrepreneurs.
- 2018Journal articleEntrepreneurship by immigrants: a review of existing literature and directions for future researchRatan J. S. Dheer · International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 14(3), 555–614A broad review of research on immigrant entrepreneurship, organizing the literature and proposing directions for future work.
- 2023ReportThe Missing Entrepreneurs 2023: Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Self-EmploymentOECD & European Commission · OECD PublishingData and policy analysis on entrepreneurship by groups that are under-represented in business ownership, including immigrants.
- AnnualDatasetGlobal Entrepreneurship Monitor: global reports and survey dataGEM Consortium · Global Entrepreneurship Research AssociationAnnual, internationally comparable survey data on entrepreneurial attitudes and activity across many economies.
- 2022Journal articleImmigration and Entrepreneurship in the United StatesPierre Azoulay, Benjamin F. Jones, J. Daniel Kim & Javier Miranda · American Economic Review: Insights, 4(1), 71–88Uses U.S. administrative and survey data to compare firm founding and job creation by immigrant and U.S.-born founders.
- 2020Journal articleImmigrant entrepreneurship in America: Evidence from the Survey of Business Owners 2007 & 2012Sari Pekkala Kerr & William R. Kerr · Research Policy, 49(3), 103918Profiles immigrant-owned businesses in the United States using the Census Bureau’s Survey of Business Owners.