Abstract Migrant entrepreneurship in times of transnational migration go beyond locally serving markets and increasingly operate transnationally. The mixed embeddedness by Kloosterman Rath has become the main concept to analyze such migrants’ as it accounts for multiple entrepreneurs variety social institutional contexts at levels. This concept, however, does not yet accommodate dimensions migrant entrepreneurship, which is still rather nascent research. Transnationalism multi-dimensional...

This Festschrift honours Steven Vertovec's pioneering contributions to migration studies, transnationalism, and superdiversity, which have shaped academic policy debates worldwide. It brings together leading scholars reflect on his intellectual legacy through retrospective analyses prospective engagements that expand, critique, apply ideas. The collection is organized into four thematic sections: (1) tracing the evolution of theoretical innovations, (2) applying superdiversity framework...

One decade after its introduction, the superdiversity concept introduced by Steven Vertovec has widely found echoes in migration research, but also business studies, particularly those focusing on ethnic minority entrepreneurship (EME). In spite of conceptually embracing EME multi-dimensionality original understanding appears to require further consideration. Dimensions currently overlooked research at nexus and are: (1) religious linguistic diversity entrepreneurship, (2) entrepreneurial...

Purpose This paper aims to shed new light on the contextual embeddedness of intersectional entrepreneurs, i.e. entrepreneurs situated at intersection multiple marginalized diversity attributes, beyond simply business strategies and decisions. Taking an emic perspective everyday practices as it uncovers neglected dimensions contextuality discriminations. Design/methodology/approach The study presents qualitative data analysis results in-depth narrative interviews with six all LGBTIQA* further...

Transnational corporations have been long recognized as the building blocks of global system theory and their impact is widely acknowledged studied. By comparison, we insufficient understanding transnational practices 'from below'. We argue that focusing on migrant entrepreneurship a novel opportunity to gain insights into social economic processes 'globalization from Such refer dynamics initiated by actors outside hegemonic socio-economic spheres who, using various resources, move people,...

We explore the experiences of LGBT* ethnic minority entrepreneurs, their changing locations and entrepreneurial activities. Using a unique mixed-method approach which collected empirical data from Germany Netherlands, paper combines an ethnographic fieldwork intersectional community activists policy-makers with original survey customers. Our findings contribute to understanding intersectionality by revealing role played contextualized embeddedness entrepreneurs at different geographic scales...

The shift of manufacturing industry from Japan, the first industrializing nation in East Asia, to neighbouring South Korea and China saw emergence restructuring problems policies traditional industries regional economies depending on them. Based a literature review this topic paper draws three conclusions. First, resource endowments countries differ greatly consequently also magnitude problems. Second, governments all strongly affect processes, albeit with different at spatial scales. Third,...

The interplays of different types proximities are crucial to the emergence new industries, including entrepreneurial ecosystems as pillar competitive advantage in regions. Though can be advantageous, negative aspects on economic development have also been discussed, leading discussion so-called proximity paradox. To better understand effective functioning these proximities, it must concretized which institutional actors play a role, and how their collaboration thus constellations contribute...

Abstract Contextual entrepreneurship and mixed embeddedness approach alike emphasize the importance of political‐institutional next to social along with further contexts for migrant entrepreneurship, yet aspect international migration policies as an important institutional framework has been somewhat neglected. This paper introduces case in Japan from policy perspective, discussing entrepreneurs their support institutions a multi‐scalar perspective. By analysing context at different levels,...

Tokyo illustrates a particularly interesting case of differential inclusions transnational migrants in urban spaces, as the novel turn migration policy coordination with economic development has induced arrival and diversification migrant populations into city. With recent historic opening country to lower-skilled labour well measures (re-) attract global economy, thus incentivising corporate professionals relocate specific national zones within city, is new socio-spatial process....

Recently, increasing migrant-led diversity of urban spaces can be expected to especially observed in global cities, where flows capital, goods and people are concentrated. Although this connection between the phenomenon transnational migration local socio-spatial impacts on cities appears evident, empirical research ‘relationship migrants cities’ remains underexplored. Discussions city makers have focused primarily economic actors, paid little attention actors involved shaping these locally....

The global Covid-19 pandemic has strongly impacted social practices, relocating communications and networks into the digital space. Contextualized in such impact of pandemic, local LGBT* activism Japan achieved a special momentum: both acceleration socio-spatial relocation to space postponement Tokyo Olympics 2020 by 1 year enabled activists mobilize people domestically globally. was not actual cause or driver activism, yet it been an important catalyst for transnationalization movement...

Global-city research has focused primarily on considering transnational corporations and professionals (TNPs) in economic terms, neglecting the role of TNPs’ specific socio-spatial practices constituting space. Although researchers global city-regions (GCRs) have pointed to relevance larger regions for cities, little is known about TNPs moving into such regions, their patterns within them. On basis novel empirical results derived from 45 in-depth interviews with TNPs, this paper sheds a...

Gerard McElwee's extensive research is characterised by his unconventional and yet strongly tangible topics in entrepreneurship, encompassing issues of illegality criminality. In fact, beyond published work, what has come up from discussions interactions with him boundary-breaking approaches to the field itself, emphasising collaborative nature work. This contribution alludes provocative approach conducting research, crossing boundaries qualitative extends methodological critiques...