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Date:    28.05.2009

Level:   Master Thesis - MIMA Program     

"International Business and Entrepreneurship" 

Authors:          Belgi Karaarslan (1983/05/22)          

Rininta Ramadhani Heruwanto (1982/06/24)

Title:        "Factors That Affect Ethnic Entrepreneurship"

Tutor:     Leif Linnskog   

This  thesis  is  based  on  the  research  question  "What  factors  affect  ethnic entrepreneurship and how do they affect?  This thesis is prepared based on the research question by the purpose of findings the factors  that  affect  ethnic  entrepreneurs'  business  start-up.  Business  start-up processes are always challenging processes. To understand and be aware of  these factors, which can  force  the  immigrant or attract  them  to become self-employed are crucial determinants for new entrepreneurs and also for us that can help for our new business ideas. The  type of  research  that has been used  is qualitative  research, with  interpretative approach.  In  order  to  gather  and  collect  data  intensively,  active  interview  is  being used as the tool for collecting data. By  these primary and secondary data,  it has been  found  that  there are numbers of push and pull factors under Social, Human, Financial and Cultural Capital's of ethnic entrepreneurs which  are  also  related  to  The Ethnic Market Niche,  The Middleman Minority, and The Ethnic Enclave Economy Theories. Interviews that had been done also  proved  that  these  factors  play  a  big  role  on  immigrants  to  become  self-employed.