Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the entrepreneurial migrants' preferences for a location for business activities in developing countries. In the modelling framework six socio-economic and six socio-cultural variables are used in this study to investigate the migrants' propensity to stay at a particular region. The empirical research was carried out in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It appears that the presence of a supporting informal network is the most critical factor that attracts and keeps the entrepreneurial migrants in a particular region. Socio-cultural variables like experience and education play a less significant role in the migrants' decision to stay in a given region. © Springer-Verlag 2002.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 421-436 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | The Annals of Regional Science |
Volume | 36 |
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Publication status | Published - 2002 |