Entrepreneurial migration and regional opportunities in developing countries

M.L. nDoen, C. Gorter, P. Nijkamp, P. Rietveld

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)421-436
Number of pages15
JournalThe Annals of Regional Science
Volume36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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