The use of social and human capital among Canadian business immigrants

摘要: Social capital in the form of ethnic networks and family ties is assumed to function critically establishment operation immigrant-owned businesses. In this paper I argue that, although formation expenditure social may typify experiences many immigrant entrepreneurs, some enter host society with sufficient human enable them forego utilisation adaptation process. To test hypothesis, interviews were conducted 70 entrepreneurs province Ontario between 1993 1995. All interviewees entered Canada under auspices Canadian Business Immigration Program, a federal programme designed attract immigrants demonstrable business managerial skills, critical capital. All, therefore, had pre-migration intentions entrepreneurship receiving society. What found among these minimal reliance on establishing operati...