Transnational Entrepreneurship and the Role of Cultural Distance: Case Study Research on African Transnational Entrepreneurs

• Authors: Jörg Freiling

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Przedsiębiorczość transnarodowa i rola dystansu kulturowego – studium przypadku afrykańskich przedsiębiorców transnarodowych

Abstracts

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Cel: w badaniach dotyczących przedsiębiorczości transnarodowej uwzględnia się jej wymiar transkulturowy, jednak rola dużego dystansu kulturowego jest w dużej mierze w nich pomijana. Niniejszy artykuł koncentruje się zatem na następującym pytaniu badawczym: jak (między)kulturowe cechy przedsiębiorczości transnarodowej – w świetle dystansu kulturowego – wpływają na rozwój działalności przedsiębiorców transnarodowych? Metodologia: w artykule wykorzystano jakościową metodę empiryczną opartą na badaniach przypadków, dla których ramy stanowi metoda Gioi. Wyniki: w artykule zidentyfikowano jako miary zagregowane konkretne wyzwania kulturowe, czynniki międzykulturowe i ogólne zasoby wpływające na transnarodowy rozwój działalności gospodarczej w przypadku dużego dystansu kulturowego. Implikacje: w kontekście przedsiębiorczości transnarodowej w środowiskach odległych kulturowo należy szczególnie wziąć pod uwagę osobiste bariery między przedsiębiorcami transnarodowymi a mieszkańcami kraju, w którym prowadzą oni działalność, rolę sieci transnarodowych, jak również rolę nadziei i odporności przedsiębiorców. Oryginalność/wartość: wyniki wnoszą wkład w literaturę poprzez określenie roli osobistej dyskryminacji, konkretnej kategorii sieci zwanej „sieciami transnarodowymi” oraz czynników stabilizujących, takich jak odporność i nadzieja.

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Purpose: While transnational entrepreneurship research considers its transcultural dimension, the role of vast cultural distance is largely ignored. Thus, this paper focuses on the following research question: how do the (cross-)cultural peculiarities of transnational entrepreneurship – in the light of cultural distance – influence the business development of transnational entrepreneurs? Design/methodology/approach: The paper employs a qualitative empirical design that rests on case study research framed by the ‘Gioia’ method. Findings: The paper identifies specific cultural challenges, cross-cultural drivers and general assets impacting transnational business developments in the case of vast cultural distance as aggregate dimensions. Implications: Transnational entrepreneurship in cultural distant settings has to be particularly aware of personal adversities between transnational entrepreneurs and host country people, the role of transnational networks, as well as the role of hope and resilience of entrepreneurs. Originality/value: The findings contribute to literature through specifying the role of personal discrimination, a specific network category called ‘transnational networks’ and stabilizing factors like resilience and hope.

Keywords

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transnational entrepreneurship; transcultural entrepreneurship; cultural distance; resilience; hope

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przedsiębiorczość transnarodowa; przedsiębiorczość transkulturowa; dystans kulturowy; odporność; nadzieja

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Problemy Zarządzania
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1/2022 (95)
• Pages: 11-42

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Jörg Freiling

• Faculty for Business Studies and Economics, University of Bremen, Germany

• https://orcid.org/0000000169229805

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DOI

10.7172/1644-9584.95.1

Biblioteka Nauki

2095899