Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Social Capital as a Resource for Migrant Entrepreneurship

Self-Employed Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany

  • Book
  • © 2020

Overview

Authors:
  1. Elena Sommer

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik, München, Germany

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Publication in the field of social sciences

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 89.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Elena Sommer
    Pages 1-6

  3. Theoretical framework

    • Elena Sommer
    Pages 7-46

  4. Migrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany

    • Elena Sommer
    Pages 47-64

  5. Study design and methodology

    • Elena Sommer
    Pages 65-92

  6. Russian-speaking migrant market

    • Elena Sommer
    Pages 93-173

  7. Mixed market businesses

    • Elena Sommer
    Pages 175-205

  8. Mainstream market businesses

    • Elena Sommer
    Pages 207-235

  9. Transnational entrepreneurial activities (TEA)

    • Elena Sommer
    Pages 237-281

  10. Conclusions of the study and outlook

    • Elena Sommer
    Pages 283-289

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 291-331
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

In her explorative study that is based on data from 62 qualitative interviews, Elena Sommer examines the use of social capital for entrepreneurial activities of self-employed migrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany. She analyses what type of social capital is used by migrants as a resource for the formation and development of small businesses and how entrepreneurial social networks of migrants change over time. The study illustrates that the use of business-related social relationships of the interviewed self-employed depends on the company's market strategy as well as on access to relevant social networks.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik, München, Germany

    Elena Sommer

About the author

Elena Sommer is a researcher and a member of the Operations Team of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE ERIC) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy. Her research interests include migration and integration research, social capital and social networks, cross-national survey methodology, and intergenerational family relationships.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Capital as a Resource for Migrant Entrepreneurship

  • Book Subtitle: Self-Employed Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany

  • Authors: Elena Sommer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29141-9

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-29140-2Published: 03 January 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-29141-9Published: 02 January 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 331

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Migration, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation