Estructura de oportunidades y comportamiento emprendedor: Empresarios argentinos en Cataluña, España
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17428/rmi.v7i25.693Keywords:
emprendedor étnico, oportunidad, innovación, inmigrantes argentinos, CataluñaAbstract
El objetivo de este artículo es estudiar los factores asociados a las características de los emprendedores argentinos en Cataluña, y los tipos de emprendimientos que crean (oportunidad-necesidad). La hipótesis es que el empresario inmigrante de los países en desarrollo puede detectar oportunidades que los empresarios nativos no visualizan en épocas de crisis, y no sólo iniciar empresas motivados por necesidad. Esta detección de oportunidades es explicada, por un lado, por sus capacidades empresariales adquiridas en contextos turbulentos; y por otro, por el marco institucional del país receptor que facilita la generación de oportunidades empresariales.
Se diseñó un método mixto que permitió construir tipologías de emprendedores e identificar casos de oportunidad por medio de entrevistas a profundidad. Los resultados abren nuevas perspectivas acerca del fenómeno emprendedor inmigrante
en España.
Opportunity Structure and Entrepreneurial Behavior:
Argentinean Businessmen in Catalonia, Spain
Abstract
The aim of this article is to study the factors associated with the characteristics of Argentinean entrepreneurs in Spain and the types of firms they set up (opportunity-need). The hypothesis is that migrant entrepreneurs from developing countries are able to detect opportunities that Spanish-born entrepreneurs fail to notice during times of crisis and do not only set up firms based on need. This detection of needs can be explained partly by their entrepreneurial skills acquired in turbulent contexts and partly by the entrepreneurial context of the host country that facilitates the creation of business opportunities.
A mixed method was designed to construct typologies of entrepreneurs and identify opportunity cases through in-depth interviews. The results opened up new perspectives on the phenomenon of migrant entrepreneurs in Spain.
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