Strangers No More is the first book to compare immigrant integration across key Western
countries. Focusing on low-status newcomers and their children, it examines how they are …

Max Weber ([1927] 1981, sec. 6C) briefly addressed the sociology of “alien traders” in
comparative economic development. He thus founded what later became known as …

What form is small business activity taking among new migrants in the UK? This question is
addressed by examining the case of Somalis in the English city of Leicester. We apply a …

Second-generation immigrants starting businesses in industries not traditionally associated
with immigrants have inspired a new line of research on migrant entrepreneurship. New …

Blackberry smartphones, McDonald's hamburgers, Dolce & Gabbana belts and Levi's jeans,
but also Chinese bubble tea, Turkish döner kebab, Bollywood movies and Moroccan henna …

The literature of ethnic ownership economies descends from middleman minority theory, a
subject it continues to include. However, ethnic economy literature now more broadly …

This paper investigates the survival rates of businesses founded by immigrants and natives
in the context of Norway, which has not yet been explored. Based on the relevant literature …

The European Charter for Small Enterprises recognises that small firms are the backbone of
the European economy. Yet books on the topic are few. An author requires courage to cover …

Globalisation studies claimed that Third World immigrants flock to world cities because of
changed income distributions. On this argument, the increasingly hourglass‐shaped income …

The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to add to the knowledge about immigrant
entrepreneurship in Norway and to test the existing theories relating to immigrant …