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Exclude Me Not: The Untold Story of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Sweden

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Kordestani, Arash, Sattari, Setayesh, Peighambari, Kaveh, Oghazi, Pejvak·2017·Sustainability
DOI 10.3390/su9091584
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This article examines the perspectives of immigrant entrepreneurs on the barriers they face regarding their inclusion in public procurement in Sweden through the so-called supplier diversity programs. Drawing upon modern stakeholder theory and transaction cost economics, this study aims to identify potential barriers such entrepreneurs face in succeeding as suppliers to the public sector. Data were collected through interviews with immigrant entrepreneurs who had experience with the public procurement tender process in Sweden. The results reveal that immigrant entrepreneurs doing business with public procurement face several barriers, ranging from economic to social ones such as information, advertising, human resources, and undercapitalization. The interviewees believe that such barriers weaken their performance and hinder their success in public procurement tenders. When it comes to supplier diversity programs, the entrepreneurs under study were either unaware of such programs in public procurement in Sweden or did not believe in their effectiveness.

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Authors
Kordestani, A., Sattari, S., Peighambari, K., & Oghazi, P.
Affiliations
  • Linnaeus University (SE)
  • Södertörn University (SE)
Corresponding author
Oghazi, Pejvak
ORCID
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2017-09-06
Volume
9
Issue
9
Pages
1584
ISSN
2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/su9091584
OpenAlex
W2750741319
Cited by
18
References
97
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 2
FWCI
2.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Locations
  • Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Public Procurement and Policy
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Keywords
immigrant entrepreneurs, public procurement, barriers to inclusion, stakeholder theory, transaction cost economics, undercapitalization, human resources, information asymmetry, Sweden

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