Do entrepreneurial role models influence the nascent entrepreneurial activity of immigrants?
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Date
2015
Version
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Type
Artículo / Artikulua
Version
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
Project Identifier
MICINN//ECO2010-21242-C03-03/ES/ 
MICINN//ECO2010-21393-C04-03/ES/
MICINN//ECO2010-21393-C04-03/ES/
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Abstract
This paper examines how the influence of entrepreneurial role models in the individual’s
decision to become a nascent entrepreneur is moderated by their socio-cultural fit. By looking at
the entrepreneurial activity of immigrants, the paper proposes that, because of their lower sociocultural
fit, immigrants are less likely to be influenced in their entrepreneurial activity by past
and present ...
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Subject
Nascent entrepeneurs,
Immigrants,
Determinants
Publisher
Wiley
Published in
Journal of Small Business Management 2015 53(4), pp. 1146–1163
Description
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Contín-Pilart, I. and Larraza-Kintana, M. (2015), Do Entrepreneurial Role Models Influence the Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity of Immigrants? Journal of Small Business Management, 53: 1146–1163, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/jsbm.12153. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Departament
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Gestión de Empresas /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Enpresen Kudeaketa Saila
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Sponsorship
The authors wish to acknowledge financial support from the Government of Navarra through its
Employment Service (Servicio Navarro de Empleo). Financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science
and Innovation (projects ECO2010-21242-C03-03 and ECO2010-21393-C04-03) is also acknowledged
