Comparing Refugee and South African Migrant Enterprise in the Urban Informal Sector

• DOI: 10.14426/ahmr.v3i2.827
• Publication Date: 2022-03-28T14:22:10Z
• Authors: Jonathan Crush; Cameron McCordic
• Keywords: Competitor analysis; Informal sector

Comparisons between the informal business operations of South Africans and international migrants are increasingly common. The conventional wisdom is that survivalist being displaced by entrepreneurial with a long tradition enterprise. This paper first attempt to explicitly compare enterprises established refugees African in urban areas. based on comparative analysis over 2,000 refugee enterprises. stereotyping public discourse as undermining destroying competitors far-removed from reality. idea have competitive advantage experienced entrepreneurs also clearly fallacious. Refugees extremely motivated, hard-working dedicated, employ number legitimate strategies achieve success