CFP: Transnational Entrepreneurship (ETP)

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-due.de]

Special Issue of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Transnational Entrepreneurship and Global Reach 

Editors 
Israel Drori
College of Management, Israel
droris at post.tau.ac.il

Benson Honig
Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
bhonig at wlu.ca

Mike Wright
University of Nottingham, UK.
Mike.Wright at nottingham.ac.uk

The concept of transnational entrepreneurship (TE) as a distinct
attribute of globalization has attracted considerable attention in
social science disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, economics
and economic geography and regional planning.  Transnational
entrepreneurs are individuals that migrate from one country to another,
concurrently maintaining business-related linkages with their countries
of origin and currently adopted countries and communities. By traveling
both physically and virtually, transnational entrepreneurs engage
simultaneously in two or more socially embedded environments, allowing
them to maintain critical global relations that enhance their ability to
creatively and efficiently maximize their resource base. TE's promote
international trade by taking advantage of globalization and the
entrepreneurs' cosmopolitan way of life, enabling a more timely
acquisition of resources required for operating cross-national
businesses.

The growing impact of transnational entrepreneurship can be mainly
attributed to the changing nature of international migration and
diasporas, and to the complex nature of international business
activities.
Understanding how transnational entrepreneurs translate, innovate, and
modify structures, simultaneously operating in two distinctive cultural
paradigms, remains a challenge for the field of entrepreneurship.  
The conceptual and theoretical study of TE should be enriched by
perspectives which integrate institutional norms with individual
strategies and actions. Such study will provide insights into how
transnational entrepreneurs balance the tensions between home and host
country, and the demands related to social objectives over economic
ones.  Thus, both agency and practice appear to be particularly
important when examining the process of seeking and exploiting business
opportunities within dual social structures. 
This special issue is aimed at exploring transnational entrepreneurship
from a wide variety of disciplinary, scholarly and conceptual
perspectives. We are seeking novel, theoretical and empirical papers
that provide innovative and insightful contributions to the ways
transnational entrepreneurs operate in their institutional and social
structures. We particularly encourage the submission of papers that
present new empirical contexts as well as theoretical papers which hold
the promise of advancing empirical research. We welcome a variety of
topics and perspectives. General subjects of interests include (but are
certainly not limited to) the following:

A. Conceptual and definitional issues

*	Demarcation of the empirical scope and analytical boundaries of
transnational entrepreneurship (TE) research. 
*	Addressing the epistemological challenges reflected in TE
multiple relationships and different cultural and institutional
environments. 
*	Integrating micro-meso and macro- levels of analysis in TE
research.
*	Reviewing analytical frameworks (e.g practice, institutional,
ecological , network, social capital or resource base) which assist in
understanding the dynamic nature of TE as it flows through the
intersection of individual and collective meanings, perceptions,
experiences and practices. 
          
B. Transnational entrepreneurship processes and dynamics

*	What are the different strategies of action that transnational
entrepreneurs undertake?
*	In what ways might the varied institutional setting at either
home or destination influence the prospects of success for transnational
entrepreneurs, and why?
*	What are the cultural frames of reference, symbolic orders and
schemas of meaning that transnational entrepreneurs consider when
operating in dual settings?
*	What kinds of businesses opportunities are most amenable for
transnational entrepreneurship, and what are the best ways of exploiting
them?
*	Why do transnational entrepreneurs fail? How prevalent is exit
from one of the environments?
*	How does the legal and regulatory regime impact transnational
entrepreneurs?
*	What is the role of social and industry networks for
transnational entrepreneurship, and how and why are they formed and
structured? 
*	What is the life-cycle of the transnational enterprise and how
is it structured? 
*	How sustainable are the dual social structures? Are they
transitional arrangements between one environment and another?
*	What are the political forces behind the ability to secure
resources and to compete in dual environments? 
*	How do transnational entrepreneurs generate legitimacy from
their dual environments?
*	How do transnational entrepreneurs use social capital and
knowledge for the purpose of setting and operating a business? 
*	What prior connections do TEs have with the countries to which
they migrate (e.g. returnee entrepreneurs) and how does this influence
their business behavior?

Submissions are to be prepared in a form consistent with ET&P's style
guide and submitted to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/etp  by March 31,
2008 (be sure to indicate that it is for the special issue,
transnational entrepreneurship). Publication date will be September
2009.

If you have any questions on the special issue please feel free to
contact any of the editors of the special issue: israeld at colman.ac.il;
bhonig at wlu.ca; mike.wright at nottingham.ac.uk.