Refugee Entrepreneurship

A Research Companion

Nadeera Ranabahu, Huibert P. de Vries, Robert T. Hamilton

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040228654
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

This comprehensive volume explores the phenomenon of refugee entrepreneurship and advances the discussions and debates in the domain.

The growing number of refugees across the world creates a compelling need to study the social and economic activities of refugees in different contexts, and to share experiences and debate how to better support refugee populations. This book covers academic, practical, and policy issues in refugee entrepreneurship, seeking to present the current status of research in this evolving field. The topics include how to identify and differentiate refugee entrepreneurship; refugees' business practices; the personal, economic, and social values and impacts of refugee entrepreneurship; and the institutional support and role of ecosystems in facilitating refugee entrepreneurship. Future research directions are also outlined.

This book provides scholars with the theoretical foundations and evidence base to advance refugee entrepreneurship research. Support agencies will learn from the experiences of others about the delivery of tailored support and policymakers will recognise the need for empathy and consistency in developing host country strategies for refugees.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• About the editors
• List of Contributors
• 1 Refugee entrepreneurship: Status of research and practice
• Section 1 The scope of refugee entrepreneurship
• 2 What is refugee entrepreneurship?: Reflections for a growing field
• 3 Towards conceptualising refugee entrepreneur/ship
• 4 Dreamers, delayers, or doers: Entrepreneurial intentions and behaviours of former refugees in New Zealand
• Section 2 Refugees and their businesses
• 5 ‘Are we really safe here?’: The experience of refugee entrepreneurs in Australia
• 6 Making a living despite work prohibitions: Creativity, entrepreneurship and (self-)employment among refugees in Indonesia
• 7 Breaking barriers: Women refugee entrepreneurship and integration frameworks in the United States
• 8 Towards digital entrepreneurship: Opportunities and challenges for female refugee entrepreneurs in Sweden
• Section 3 The personal, economic, and social value of refugee entrepreneurship
• 9 Well-being, entrepreneurship, and the social integration of women refugee entrepreneurs
• 10 Refugee entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial economies in South Africa
• 11 Refugee (social) entrepreneurship and civic action in the context of urban shrinkage: Insights from the US city of Akron (OH)
• Section 4 Supporting and developing refugee entrepreneurship
• 12 The role of trauma-informed care in sustaining the well-being of refugee entrepreneurs
• 13 Well-being barriers and enablers of refugees and refugee service industry entrepreneurs
• 14 Entrepreneurship education for refugees: Suggestions on individual resilience development
• 15 Social capital, NGOs, and the resilience of refugee women entrepreneurs
• 16 Nurturing entrepreneurs: Designing child-friendly workshops for refugee women
• Section 5 Ecosystem and institutional role in refugee entrepreneurship
• 17 Does context matter?: Towards a supportive entrepreneurial ecosystem for refugee entrepreneurship
• 18 The contribution of civil society organisations to refugee entrepreneurship in Türkiye
• 19 A private sector entrepreneurial initiative for displaced women at Rohingya camp in Bhasan Char, Bangladesh
• 20 Social entrepreneurship: A key element of the refugee entrepreneurship ecosystem
• 21 Refugee entrepreneurship dynamics: Conceptual considerations for research
• 22 Conclusion: Looking ahead
• Index