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Returnee Liability in Developing Countries : the Experience of Returnee Entrepreneurs operating in the Technology-Enabled SME sector in Nairobi, Kenya
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/73864 Returnee Liability in Developing Countries : the Experience of Returnee Entrepreneurs operating in the Technology-Enabled SME sector in Nairobi, Kenya Barnard, Helena ichelp@gibs.co.za Mreji, Pamela Adhiambo UCTD returnee liability migration- development nexus legitimacy brain gain Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020. This study explores the barriers and constraints that confront returnee entrepreneurs in developing countries in Africa. It focuses on ‘returnee liability’; the emerging evidence in returnee studies indicating that individuals going back to set up new ventures in their home countries may not always successfully exploit their entrepreneurial potential. The study argues that returnees seeking to set up and run new ventures in developing countries in Africa are likely to suffer ‘returnee liability’ as a consequence of several interrelated factors that bar them from access to resources from the home environment. Through a narrative inquiry into the experiences of returnee entrepreneurs operating in Nairobi- Kenya, the findings confirm the presence of returnee liability which is experienced at two distinct levels; the institutional and the interpersonal level. While a majority of the returnees are able to overcome their institutional level liabilities through rhetoric strategies and symbolic action that convey legitimacy, the interpersonal liabilities remain a great challenge; creating information asymmetries and raising transaction costs for the returnees, to the advantage of local entrepreneurs who have never left the country. The findings of this study should expand our understanding of the migration – development nexus in the context of developing countries in Africa and be a reference point for returnees seeking to develop new ventures in their home countries. Furthermore, they could guide strategic policy interventions towards ‘brain gain’ strategies for technological upgrading and enhanced economic development in countries operating behind the technological frontiers. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) PhD Business Management Unrestricted 2020-03-30T08:56:21Z 2020-03-30T08:56:21Z 2020 2020 Thesis Mreji, PA 2020, Returnee Liability in Developing Countries : the Experience of Returnee Entrepreneurs operating in the Technology-Enabled SME sector in Nairobi, Kenya, PhD Business Management Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73864> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73864 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD returnee liability migration- development nexus legitimacy brain gain Returnee Liability in Developing Countries : the Experience of Returnee Entrepreneurs operating in the Technology-Enabled SME sector in Nairobi, Kenya |
| title | Returnee Liability in Developing Countries : the Experience of Returnee Entrepreneurs operating in the Technology-Enabled SME sector in Nairobi, Kenya |
| title_full | Returnee Liability in Developing Countries : the Experience of Returnee Entrepreneurs operating in the Technology-Enabled SME sector in Nairobi, Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Returnee Liability in Developing Countries : the Experience of Returnee Entrepreneurs operating in the Technology-Enabled SME sector in Nairobi, Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Returnee Liability in Developing Countries : the Experience of Returnee Entrepreneurs operating in the Technology-Enabled SME sector in Nairobi, Kenya |
| title_short | Returnee Liability in Developing Countries : the Experience of Returnee Entrepreneurs operating in the Technology-Enabled SME sector in Nairobi, Kenya |
| title_sort | returnee liability in developing countries the experience of returnee entrepreneurs operating in the technology enabled sme sector in nairobi kenya |
| topic | UCTD returnee liability migration- development nexus legitimacy brain gain |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73864 |