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The effect of culture on opportunity recognition: a qualitative study of immigrant and native-born entrepreneurs

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  • Kaveh Moghaddam
  • Pooya Tabesh
  • Thomas Weber
  • Sara Azarpanah

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Several studies have highlighted the effect of culture on decisions and behaviours of entrepreneurs. Building on this research stream, this paper suggests that comparing immigrant entrepreneurs and native-born entrepreneurs provides a fruitful setting to examine the effect of culture on entrepreneurship in general and opportunity recognition in particular. Through qualitative analysis of matched pairs of seven immigrant and seven native-born entrepreneurs, this exploratory study reveals that immigrant entrepreneurs exhibit a higher tendency towards recognising entrepreneurial opportunities through the opportunity discovery process rather than the opportunity creation process.

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  • Kaveh Moghaddam & Pooya Tabesh & Thomas Weber & Sara Azarpanah, 2017. "The effect of culture on opportunity recognition: a qualitative study of immigrant and native-born entrepreneurs," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 31(2), pages 309-324.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:31:y:2017:i:2:p:309-324
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    Cited by:

    1. Valenzuela, Marcus A. & Flinchbaugh, Carol & Rogers, Sean Edmund, 2020. "Can organizations help adjust?: The effect of perceived organizational climate on immigrants' acculturation and consequent effect on perceived fit," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 26(3).
    2. Shayegheh Ashourizadeh & Mehrzad Saeedikiya, 2022. "Immigrant and native export benefiting from business collaborations: a global study," Papers 2205.13171, arXiv.org.

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