
Economic Contributions and Challenges of Immigrant Entrepreneurs to Their Host Country – Case of African Immigrants in Auckland, New Zealand
Author(s) -
Olufemi Muibi Omisakin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of business administration research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-9515
pISSN - 1927-9507
DOI - 10.5430/jbar.v6n1p25
Subject(s) - entrepreneurship , immigration , face (sociological concept) , thematic analysis , sociology , value (mathematics) , small business , economic growth , public relations , business , marketing , political science , qualitative research , economics , social science , computer science , finance , machine learning , law
Entrepreneurship is an important concept in both developing and developed societies today. Although there is no consensus on the definition of entrepreneurship, it is believed to be a process of creating value by bringing together a unique package of resources to exploit entrepreneurship opportunities (Morris, 2002). This study aims to discover the economic contributions and challenges of immigrant entrepreneurs to their host country, and focuses on African small business owners in Auckland, New Zealand. Literature on immigrant entrepreneurship was reviewed, resulting in a discussion of the economic contributions of immigrant entrepreneurship as well as its challenges. Data was collected using face-to-face, semi-structured interviews, observation and field notes as the sources of inquiry. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 17 participants. All participants were African immigrant small business owners running businesses in Auckland. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data collected (Braun & Clarke, 2006).