Returned Emigrants: An undervalued entrepreneurial resource? We consider returned emigrants as a potentially neglected entrepreneurial resource, using data from the United Kingdom as an example. We use structuration theory (Giddens, 1984) to propose that a move from a home to host context and back again may prompt returned emigrants to identify and act on opportunities as an act of reflexive self-regulation. We use the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor United Kingdom 2013 to 2017 adult population surveys, with 48,011 GEM respondents. Returned emigrants have relatively high opportunity identification prevalence and early-stage entrepreneurship prevalence.

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Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
EventBabson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference . 2019 -
Duration: 8 Jun 2019 → …

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ConferenceBabson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference . 2019
Period8/06/19 → …

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  • Jonathan Levie and Daphne Hering

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