Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate aspiring immigrant opportunity (AIO) entrepreneurs' start-up location decisions.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors used conjoint analysis to explore 1,264 location decisions nested within 79 highly educated, first-generation AIO entrepreneurs.

Findings

The authors found that although government support positively influences business location decisions, network support decreases the perceived benefits of government support for AIO entrepreneurs. Furthermore, locations with high costs of doing business are unattractive to AIO entrepreneurs, but financial capital access through ethnic and nonethnic sources in these locations enhances the appeal of high-cost locations.

Research limitations/implications

The generalizability of the findings to AIO entrepreneurs should be considered with caution. Future research should longitudinally examine immigrant opportunity entrepreneurs' location decisions and their implications for their start-up and community-level performance outcomes. The authors also encourage replication of the study.

Practical implications

The findings of this study have implications for AIO entrepreneurs who intend to make start-up location decisions. Also, government policymakers can use the findings of this study to better attract AIO entrepreneurs to different locations.

Originality/value

By integrating ethnic enclave theory and location theory, this research contributes to theory and practice about immigrant opportunity entrepreneurs' start-up location decisions which are currently underexplored in the immigrant entrepreneurship literature.

中文翻译：

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商业选址决策的前因：有抱负的移民机会企业家的案例

目的

本文的目的是调查有抱负的移民机会 (AIO) 企业家的创业地点决策。

设计/方法/方法

作者使用联合分析来探索嵌套在 79 位受过高等教育的第一代 AIO 企业家中的 1,264 个位置决策。

发现

作者发现，尽管政府支持对企业选址决策产生积极影响，但网络支持降低了政府支持 AIO 企业家的感知收益。此外，经营成本高的地点对 AIO 企业家没有吸引力，但通过这些地点的种族和非种族来源获得的金融资本增强了高成本地点的吸引力。

研究限制/影响

应谨慎考虑调查结果对 AIO 企业家的普遍性。未来的研究应该纵向研究移民机会企业家的选址决策及其对创业和社区绩效结果的影响。作者还鼓励重复研究。

实际影响

这项研究的结果对打算做出创业地点决定的 AIO 企业家有影响。此外，政府决策者可以利用这项研究的结果更好地将 AIO 企业家吸引到不同的地点。

原创性/价值

本研究通过整合民族飞地理论和区位理论，为目前在移民创业文献中未充分探索的移民机会企业家创业区位决策的理论和实践做出贡献。