When forced migrants go home: The journey of returnee entrepreneurs in the post-conflict economies of Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo

Autor(en)

N. Williams, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, B. Krasniqi

Abstrakt

This paper examines forced migrants who fled their homeland due to conflict and later returned to undertake entrepreneurial activity. Drawing on qualitative interviews with returnees to Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo, we contribute to the process-oriented view of entrepreneurship by showing how forced migration leads to historical bonds to the homeland which influence resultant entrepreneurial activity. We extend literature on institutional voids by demonstrating that they can be enabling, with formal voids substituted by informal networks. Returnees rely on informal ties due to mistrust of formal ties, and these are strengthened by shared experiences of conflict and lead to activities which satisfy non- monetary gains rather than profit.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Marketing und International Business

Externe Organisation(en)

University of Leeds, University of Prishtina

Journal

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Band

47

Seiten

430-460

Anzahl der Seiten

31

ISSN

1042-2587

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587221082678

Publikationsdatum

2022

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

502054 Entrepreneurship, 502016 KMU-Forschung

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Economics and Econometrics, Business and International Management

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/when-forced-migrants-go-home-the-journey-of-returnee-entrepreneurs-in-the-postconflict-economies-of-bosnia--herzegovina-and-kosovo(ce7a846a-070b-4fa7-8f3e-03e9816220da).html