Title: Does territorial inclusiveness affect immigrant propensity to entrepreneurship? A study in the Italian context

Authors: Francesca Faggioni

Addresses: Department of Business Studies, Roma Tre University, Via Silvio D'Amico, 77, 00145, Rome, Italy

Abstract: The research aims to understand the relationship between the inclusiveness of a host country and the propensity of the immigrant population in becoming entrepreneurs. Since there is not unique consensus in extant literature about how inclusiveness can affect immigrants' propensity to become entrepreneurs, the paper analyses this relationship using indicators and synthetic indexes developed from scholarly literature and institutional data. Italy is the context of investigation, since it is one of the EU countries that have more immigrants on its soil. Findings show several interesting insights for academics and policy makers and managers, such as the immigrants' higher propensity to entrepreneurship in contexts in which inclusiveness is lower. The research is one of the few that make an in-depth contribution on both theoretical and practical side, offering a fresh snapshot on immigrant entrepreneurship in Italy both at a national and at a sub-national level.

Keywords: territories; inclusiveness; immigrant; entrepreneurship; small business; regional study; Italy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2024.140929

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2024 Vol.53 No.2, pp.223 - 244

Received: 15 Feb 2022
Received in revised form: 05 Jul 2022
Accepted: 08 Jul 2022
Published online: 04 Sep 2024 *

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