ABSTRACT

In recent decades, immigrant entrepreneurship research has developed from exploring a niche economic activity to being a lens through which to explore wider social and economic processes. As the topic grows in importance, research on immigrant entrepreneurship in Nordic contexts is joining these trends, but the unique settings of the region might have been neglected. Space and place underpin many explorations of immigrant entrepreneurship in the Nordic countries, from absolute conceptions of space and place to sensitive portraits of social complexity. Thus, the question the authors address is how space and place are articulated, presented, and interpreted within immigrant entrepreneurship literature in and about the Nordic context. From a systematic literature review of academic articles covering Nordic countries and immigrant entrepreneurship between 2000 and 2019, they found that space and place play a role in immigrant entrepreneurship in Nordic research. However, opportunities remain to engage theoretically with these concepts in order to develop research aimed at understanding immigrant entrepreneurship in the Nordic countries and contribute to a growing need to understand space and place in entrepreneurial activities generally. The authors conclude that there are five potential strategies for incorporating space and place in future research.

摘要

近几十年来，移民创业研究已经从探索利基经济活动发展成为探索更广泛的社会和经济过程的镜头。随着这个话题变得越来越重要，北欧背景下的移民创业研究也加入了这些趋势，但该地区的独特环境可能被忽视了。空间和地方支撑了北欧国家对移民创业的许多探索，从空间和地方的绝对概念到社会复杂性的敏感画像。因此，作者要解决的问题是，在北欧语境中和有关北欧语境的移民创业文献中，空间和地方是如何被阐明、呈现和解释的。通过对 2000 年至 2019 年间涵盖北欧国家和移民创业的学术文章的系统文献回顾，他们发现空间和地点在北欧研究中的移民创业中发挥着作用。然而，仍有机会在理论上参与这些概念，以开展旨在了解北欧国家移民创业的研究，并有助于对了解创业活动中的空间和地点的需求不断增长。作者得出结论，在未来的研究中，有五种可能的策略来整合空间和地点。仍然有机会在理论上参与这些概念，以开展旨在了解北欧国家移民创业的研究，并有助于满足对一般创业活动空间和地点的日益增长的需求。作者得出结论，在未来的研究中，有五种可能的策略来整合空间和地点。仍然有机会在理论上参与这些概念，以开展旨在了解北欧国家移民创业的研究，并有助于满足对一般创业活动空间和地点的日益增长的需求。作者得出结论，在未来的研究中，有五种可能的策略来整合空间和地点。