Immigrants’ perception of business opportunities in Spain: the impact of general and specific human capital

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Autor(a) principal: Aliaga Isla, Rocío
Data de Publicação: 2014
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Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios (Online)
Texto Completo: https://rbgn.fecap.br/RBGN/article/view/1615
Resumo: Perceiving business opportunities is an importantpart of entrepreneurship. This study analyzeshow immigrants’ general and specific humancapital influences their likelihood of perceivingbusiness opportunities. Analysis focuses oncomparison between a group of immigrants anda group of Spanish citizens. Data from the 2008Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) wasused. Logistic regression was used to analyzedata. Results revealed that both immigrants’ andSpanish citizens’ human capital such as educationis not significant to perceiving opportunities.Much to the contrary: the impact of specifichuman capital on perceiving opportunities is ingeneral significant to both groups. This researchreveals which specific types of human capital arerelevant in the process of perceiving opportunitiesamongst immigrants. This paper is a noveltybecause it introduces a theoretical approach to theperception of opportunities within the universe ofnew businesses established by immigrants in Spain.
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spelling Immigrants’ perception of business opportunities in Spain: the impact of general and specific human capitalA Percepção de Oportunidades de Negócios por Imigrantes na Espanha: o impacto do capital humano geral e específicoOpportunity. Perception. Immigrants. Human capital.Oportunidade. Percepção. Imigrantes. Capital humano.Perceiving business opportunities is an importantpart of entrepreneurship. This study analyzeshow immigrants’ general and specific humancapital influences their likelihood of perceivingbusiness opportunities. Analysis focuses oncomparison between a group of immigrants anda group of Spanish citizens. Data from the 2008Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) wasused. Logistic regression was used to analyzedata. Results revealed that both immigrants’ andSpanish citizens’ human capital such as educationis not significant to perceiving opportunities.Much to the contrary: the impact of specifichuman capital on perceiving opportunities is ingeneral significant to both groups. This researchreveals which specific types of human capital arerelevant in the process of perceiving opportunitiesamongst immigrants. This paper is a noveltybecause it introduces a theoretical approach to theperception of opportunities within the universe ofnew businesses established by immigrants in Spain.A percepção de oportunidades de negócios temum papel muito importante. O presente estudoanalisa a influência do capital humano geral e específicode imigrantes em seu país de acolhimento.A análise compara um grupo de imigrantes comum grupo de espanhóis. Para o estudo, foramutilizados dados do Global Entrepreneurship Monitor(GEM) de 2008. A técnica utilizada para aanálise dos dados foi regressão logística. Os resultadosrevelaram que o capital humano – como aeducação dos imigrantes e dos espanhóis – não érelevante para a percepção de oportunidades denegócios. Pelo contrário, o impacto do capitalhumano específico na percepção de oportunidadesde negócios é em geral relevante para ambos osgrupos. Este estudo revela quais tipos específicosde capital humano são relevantes ao processo depercepção de oportunidades por imigrantes. Oartigo inova ao oferecer um enfoque teórico àpercepção de oportunidades no âmbito da criaçãode empresas por imigrantes na Espanha.FECAP2014-12-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado por paresapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://rbgn.fecap.br/RBGN/article/view/161510.7819/rbgn.v16i52.1615Review of Business Management; Vol. 16 No. 52 (2014); 416-433RBGN Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios; Vol. 16 Núm. 52 (2014); 416-433RBGN - Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios; v. 16 n. 52 (2014); 416-4331983-08071806-4892reponame:Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios (Online)instname:Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (FECAP)instacron:FECAPengporhttps://rbgn.fecap.br/RBGN/article/view/1615/pdf_70https://rbgn.fecap.br/RBGN/article/view/1615/pdf_71Aliaga Isla, Rocíoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-07-21T16:31:21Zoai:ojs.emnuvens.com.br:article/1615Revistahttp://rbgn.fecap.br/RBGN/indexhttps://rbgn.fecap.br/RBGN/oai||jmauricio@fecap.br1983-08071806-4892opendoar:2021-07-21T16:31:21Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios (Online) - Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (FECAP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Immigrants’ perception of business opportunities in Spain: the impact of general and specific human capital
A Percepção de Oportunidades de Negócios por Imigrantes na Espanha: o impacto do capital humano geral e específico
title Immigrants’ perception of business opportunities in Spain: the impact of general and specific human capital
spellingShingle Immigrants’ perception of business opportunities in Spain: the impact of general and specific human capital
Aliaga Isla, Rocío
Opportunity. Perception. Immigrants. Human capital.
Oportunidade. Percepção. Imigrantes. Capital humano.
title_short Immigrants’ perception of business opportunities in Spain: the impact of general and specific human capital
title_full Immigrants’ perception of business opportunities in Spain: the impact of general and specific human capital
title_fullStr Immigrants’ perception of business opportunities in Spain: the impact of general and specific human capital
title_full_unstemmed Immigrants’ perception of business opportunities in Spain: the impact of general and specific human capital
title_sort Immigrants’ perception of business opportunities in Spain: the impact of general and specific human capital
author Aliaga Isla, Rocío
author_facet Aliaga Isla, Rocío
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Aliaga Isla, Rocío
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Opportunity. Perception. Immigrants. Human capital.
Oportunidade. Percepção. Imigrantes. Capital humano.
topic Opportunity. Perception. Immigrants. Human capital.
Oportunidade. Percepção. Imigrantes. Capital humano.
description Perceiving business opportunities is an importantpart of entrepreneurship. This study analyzeshow immigrants’ general and specific humancapital influences their likelihood of perceivingbusiness opportunities. Analysis focuses oncomparison between a group of immigrants anda group of Spanish citizens. Data from the 2008Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) wasused. Logistic regression was used to analyzedata. Results revealed that both immigrants’ andSpanish citizens’ human capital such as educationis not significant to perceiving opportunities.Much to the contrary: the impact of specifichuman capital on perceiving opportunities is ingeneral significant to both groups. This researchreveals which specific types of human capital arerelevant in the process of perceiving opportunitiesamongst immigrants. This paper is a noveltybecause it introduces a theoretical approach to theperception of opportunities within the universe ofnew businesses established by immigrants in Spain.
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