Advancing the Frontiers in Ethnic Entrepreneurship Studies

Abstract

The proliferation of ethnic entrepreneurship varies not only from country to country, but also from sector to sector, from city to city, and – within cities – from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. In evaluating the interrelationship of ethnic entrepreneurship and urban governance, we discuss three specific points: ethnic variety and varieties; spatial levels in opportunities and constraints; and urban governance and institutions. In analysing the literature and positioning the four special issue articles in a spatiality-governance framework, we identify ‘roads less travelled’. Finally, we suggest scholars to move forward along five distinct pathways.