The survival of firms founded by immigrants

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Autor(a) principal: Mata, José
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Alves, Claudia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2945
Resumo: Funding: Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia and Nova Forum
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spelling The survival of firms founded by immigrantsinstitutional distance between home and host country, and experience in the host countryexitimmigrantsinstitutional distanceliability of foreignness (LOF)survivalBusiness and International ManagementStrategy and ManagementFunding: Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia and Nova ForumResearch Summary: We propose that the liability of foreignness (LOF) applies to individuals and not only to firms. To identify such a liability, we study entrepreneurial firms created by natives and immigrants. Firms created by immigrants have a lower rate of survival than those founded by natives. Work experience in the host country and size of the immigrant's national community improves the chances of survival of firms founded by immigrants, in particular, for firms founded by immigrants from institutionally distant countries. In contrast, the impact of firm age on survival is not significantly different for firms created by natives and immigrants. This indicates that learning by individuals before the creation of firms is more important than learning that occurs at the firm level after firms have been created. Managerial Summary: We explore how the characteristics of individuals running firms affect firm performance. We focus on foreignness and study the chances of survival of firms created by immigrants. Firms created by individuals who have longer work experience in the host country and who are integrated in larger national communities are more likely to survive than those created by their counterparts with less experience and smaller communities. The effect is stronger for immigrants from countries with different institutions to those of the host country. This indicates that, when choosing new countries to operate in, it is important to carefully choose the management team and the location within the host country, in particular, if the countries being considered are relatively dissimilar to the firm's home country.NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)RUNMata, JoséAlves, Claudia2022-02-08T01:30:26Z2018-112018-11-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2945eng0143-2095PURE: 5906326http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053045682&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2945info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:25:56Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/51973Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:32:30.056872Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The survival of firms founded by immigrants
institutional distance between home and host country, and experience in the host country
title The survival of firms founded by immigrants
spellingShingle The survival of firms founded by immigrants
Mata, José
exit
immigrants
institutional distance
liability of foreignness (LOF)
survival
Business and International Management
Strategy and Management
title_short The survival of firms founded by immigrants
title_full The survival of firms founded by immigrants
title_fullStr The survival of firms founded by immigrants
title_full_unstemmed The survival of firms founded by immigrants
title_sort The survival of firms founded by immigrants
author Mata, José
author_facet Mata, José
Alves, Claudia
author_role author
author2 Alves, Claudia
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mata, José
Alves, Claudia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv exit
immigrants
institutional distance
liability of foreignness (LOF)
survival
Business and International Management
Strategy and Management
topic exit
immigrants
institutional distance
liability of foreignness (LOF)
survival
Business and International Management
Strategy and Management
description Funding: Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia and Nova Forum
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