COVID 19 and role of digitalization in growth of immigrant and ethnic minority businesses

Narayan Prasad Bhattarai; Sarika Pruthi

COVID 19 and role of digitalization in growth of immigrant and ethnic minority businesses

Narayan Prasad Bhattarai^*, Sarika Pruthi

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School of Business and Creative Industries

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Abstract

The significance of immigrants and ethnic minority entrepreneurs (IEMEs) is well acknowledged worldwide. Limited resources and the use of ever-changing technologies coinciding with the Covid pandemic raise questions about how IEMEs combine financial and technological resources to achieve growth. There is evidence on the role of resources in IEMEs’ venture founding but less on their growth strategies. Drawing on four phases of interviews with 31 IEMEs in the UK, our findings suggest that IEMEs are heterogenous in their growth paths depending on their financial and technological resources. We found four categories of IEMEs achieving different growth strategies ranging from survival and growth in ethnic enclaves to rapid internationalization based on their financial and technological resource capabilities. We discuss the implications of these findings for theory and practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
Subtitle of host publication	International Business Resilience under Global Disruptions
Editors	Kazuhiro Asakawa, Tunga Kiyak
Place of Publication	East Lansing
Publisher	Academy of International Business
Pages	123-123
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 5 Jul 2023
Event	65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business - Warsaw, Poland Duration: 5 Jul 2023 → 9 Jul 2023 https://www.aib.world/events/2023/

Publication series

Name	Conference Proceedings
Publisher	Academy of International Business
ISSN (Print)	2078-0435

Conference

Conference	65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
Abbreviated title	AIB 2023
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Warsaw
Period	5/07/23 → 9/07/23
Internet address	https://www.aib.world/events/2023/

Keywords

growth
technological resources
digitalizatiom
covid-19
immigrant entrepreneurs
ethnic entrepreneurs
internationalization

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Bhattarai, N. P., & Pruthi, S. (2023). COVID 19 and role of digitalization in growth of immigrant and ethnic minority businesses. In K. Asakawa, & T. Kiyak (Eds.), Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: International Business Resilience under Global Disruptions (pp. 123-123). (Conference Proceedings). Academy of International Business.

Bhattarai, Narayan Prasad ; Pruthi, Sarika. / COVID 19 and role of digitalization in growth of immigrant and ethnic minority businesses. Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: International Business Resilience under Global Disruptions. editor / Kazuhiro Asakawa ; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing : Academy of International Business, 2023. pp. 123-123 (Conference Proceedings).

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Bhattarai, NP & Pruthi, S 2023, COVID 19 and role of digitalization in growth of immigrant and ethnic minority businesses. in K Asakawa & T Kiyak (eds), Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: International Business Resilience under Global Disruptions. Conference Proceedings, Academy of International Business, East Lansing, pp. 123-123, 65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Warsaw, Poland, 5/07/23.

COVID 19 and role of digitalization in growth of immigrant and ethnic minority businesses. / Bhattarai, Narayan Prasad; Pruthi, Sarika.
Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: International Business Resilience under Global Disruptions. ed. / Kazuhiro Asakawa; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing: Academy of International Business, 2023. p. 123-123 (Conference Proceedings).

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