The aim of this paper is to present a sampling method using virtual networks to study "hard-to-reach" populations. In the ambit of social research is still questioned the use of technologies. That is, the existence of representativeness bias and selection bias are obstacles to carry on...

The aim of the paper is to discuss what kinds of firms are founded by the Argentinean entrepreneurs in Spain. The hypothesis is that, like other non community immigrants, there are Argentinean entrepreneurs who start up business motivated by necessity, but there are others who detect...

Purpose - The aim of this paper is to present a sampling method using virtual networks to study "hard-to-reach" populations. In the ambit of social research, the use of new technologies is still questioned because the selection bias is an obstacle to carry on scientific research on the Internet....

El objetivo de la tesis es analizar el impacto económico de la creación de empresas de argentinos en España. Motiva el estudio la discusión acerca de la capacidad de los emprendedores extracomunitarios de generar emprendimientos innovadores dado que, para las estadísticas internacionales...

The aim of this article is to analyse the factors affecting the motivations of immigrant entrepreneurs to generate an entrepreneurial gain (positive impact on home and host countries). We consider that positive reasons for emigrating can increase transnational entrepreneurship and mutual...

El objetivo de este artículo es estudiar los factores asociados a las características de los emprendedores argentinos en Cataluña, y los tipos de emprendimientos que crean (oportunidad-necesidad). La hipótesis es que el empresario inmigrante de los países en desarrollo puede detectar...

Literature regarding to the process of firm's start-ups has supported the idea that the entrepreneur fulfills a key role in the economic development, because of his strategic vision to make innovations. Recent empirical studies have mainly tackled the process from the demand perspective, with...

"El proceso de creación de empresas: factores determinantes y diferencias espaciales", presenta los resultados de una investigación realizada durante más de tres años por el Grupo de Análisis Industrial de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del...

En épocas de crisis, la figura empresarial es relevante por su contribución al crecimiento económico. Sin embargo, la literatura en torno al emprendedor inmigrante ha distinguido entre el impacto positivo que tienen las actividades empresariales motivadas por el aprovechamiento de...

Literature regarding to the process of firm's start-ups has supported the idea that the entrepreneur fulfills a key role in the economic development, because of his strategic vision and as a result of his capacity to generate innovations, but also employment and economic growth. Nevertheless,...