Cross-cultural Capabilities of Immigrant Entrepreneurs - Phdassistance
                     Cross-cultural
Capabilities of 
Immigrant  
Entrepreneurs
An Academic presentation by
Dr. Nancy Agnes, Head, Technical Operations, 
Phdassistance  Group www.phdassistance.com
Email: [email protected]
TODAY'S 
DISCUSSION
Outlin
e Introduction
Immigrant 
Entrepreneurship  Cross-
Cultural Capabilities  
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
Across the globe, International migration has become  
a central characteristic of developing countries,  
contributing to the d evelopment of a multicultural and  
open society.
The connection between international backgrounds  
and engagement in entrepreneurship are becoming  
more widely known, due to which the emergence of  
immigrant entrepreneurship has become a  
phenomenon of global importance (Morgan et al.,  
2018; Vahidnia et al., 2019).
IMMIGRANT 
ENImTmiRgraEnt PenRtreEpreNneEursUhipR haSs HundIePrgone significant change in the  
last few decades, prompting many scholars in the fields of  
management, e conomics, international business, entrepreneurship,  
and sociology to do extensive Research on this context (Ado et al.,  
2016).
Further, it is noted that businesses developed by immigrants have  
adequate social and economic returns, including competitiveness,  
jobs, innovation, and prosperity, which in turn represents the  
Immigrant entrepreneurship success in different parts of the world  
(Carbonell et al., 2014).
Contd....
A recent conversation about the players involved in  
international entrepreneurship has helped to  
understand how immigrant entrepreneurs vary from  
other international entrepreneurs (Elo et al., 2018).
Immigrant entrepreneurs are distinctive in their  
entrepreneurial internationalization approaches in  
relation to pathways and procedures, as a result of  
their unique capabilities, which assist them in  
bridging the capital from different countries  
(Vinogradov & Jorgensen, 2017).
CROSS-CULTURAL 
 CAPABILITIES
In the immigrant entrepreneurship context, cross- 
 cultural capabilities are defined as “the capability
to handle uncertainty, a positive  attitude, 
resilience, a d evelopmental learning   
and a bilingual capability”. capability
Cross-cultural adaptation refers to  
psychological and sociocultural adaptation in the  
field of immigrant entrepreneurship.
Contd...
That is, cross-cultural capabilities can be noted as skills of an individual 
 relevant to psychological and sociocultural adaptation leveraged 
for  business performance in home and host countries.
Generally, a sociocultural adaptation capability describes the language  
skills, cultural learning, and bicultural flexibility of an individual.
On the other hand, Psychological adaptation capability refers to  
managing emotions and the positive attitude of individuals (Kunlin Xu,  
2017).
The below figure represents the cross-cultural capabilities of immigrant  
entrepreneurship
Figure 1: Cross-Cultural Capabilities of Immigrant Entrepreneurs
CONCLUSION
As a result, immigrant entrepreneurs must be  
able to transit between two cultural traditions,  
schemas, and behaviours in response to  
cultural prompts when they move to a foreign  
country with a different culture.
Also, bicultural skills may be deemed more  
evident than multicultural capabilities to  
immigrant entrepreneurs because of the dual  
cultural environments in which they reside (Xu, 
 2021).
Contd...
In this view, cross-cultural capabilities of i mmigrant entrepreneurs are sets of skills 
 linked with a socio-cultural and psychological adaptation of individual’s which can  
be used to improve outcomes for the business in both home and host countries.
It is no doubt that Immigrant entrepreneurs will undeniably benefit from their cross- 
 cultural skill.
Contd...
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