Williams, N orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-4062, Plakoyiannaki, E orcid.org/0000-0002-5411-9491 and Krasniqi, B (2022) When Forced Migrants Go Home: The Journey of Returnee Entrepreneurs in the Post-conflict Economies of Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. ISSN 1042-2587
Abstract
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.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | returnee entrepreneurship; forced migration; post-conflict economies; institutional voids |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Enterprise & Entrepreneurship (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2022 16:31 |
Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2023 03:36 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/10422587221082678 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183356 |