Could Overseas Migrants Make Sustained Entrepreneurship？Multiple Case Studies of Wenzhou Migrants in Italy

本文以意大利温州移民为例探讨了海外移民持续创业的演化路径，阐述了在持续创业过程中移民群体内部的社会网络嵌入以及与移居国区域文化的互动融合以提高双元创新能力这一核心问题。通过多案例研究，证实温州移民企业在持续创业过程中不仅能够与意大利区域文化实现互动融合，而且文化嵌入能够在创业不同阶段对双元创新的实现起到不同的推动作用。移民企业在集群网络内部的关系嵌入行为及其与区域经济的文化嵌入行为将随着创业阶段的变化而产生不同形式的耦合关联。上述研究成果在丰富已有理论的同时，为探究海外移民企业创业提供了重要借鉴。

This study pays close attention to the Wenzhou migrants and explains the developmental path of overseas migrants sustained entrepreneurship.It also interprets how migrant entrepreneurs fit into the Italian culture to improve ambidextrous innovation ability.This paper applies the method of induction and longitudinal study, conducts case studies of four migrant entrepreneurs, and explores the embedding strategies in different developmental stages of entrepreneurship.Our analysis reveals that Wenzhou migrants enterprises are able to make interactive fusion with the Italian culture.The embedded culture also plays different roles in motivating innovation at different stages of the entrepreneurship.The types of connection between the Wenzhou migrants cluster network and their embedded culture in the regional economy evolves as the stages of entrepreneurship changes.These results are able to enrich existing theories, and offer valuable insights for the study of overseas migrants sustained entrepreneurship.

张一力 张敏

国家自然科学基金资助项目（71273193），国家自然科学青年基金资助项目（71402124）

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