Korosteleva, Julia, Mickiewicz, Tomasz and Parrilli, Mario Davide (2024). Ethnic diversity in SME business teams: generating employment growth through digitalisation, innovation, and exporting. Small Business Economics ,
Abstract
This paper examines how the ethnic composition of SMEs’ business teams, also in conjunction with their strategic behaviour (including digitalisation, innovation and exporting), affect their employment growth. The study conceptualises different forms and aspects of social capital to develop the theoretical framework and hypotheses. We utilise the UK Office for National Statistics’ Longitudinal Small Business Survey data for the period of 2018–2020 to test our hypotheses. Our study shows that ethnically diverse business teams achieve relatively higher employment growth as compared to more homogeneous teams. Moreover, ethnically diverse business teams that embrace innovation, international expansion, and digitalisation translate these strategies more effectively into increased employment compared to their more homogenous counterparts.
| Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00985-1 |
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| Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School Aston University (General) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SMEs growth,Ethnic diversity,Social capital,Digitalisation,Exporting,Innovation,Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all),Business, Management and Accounting(all) |
| Publication ISSN: | 1573-0913 |
| Data Access Statement: | The data used to produce this work is sourced from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), UK, and is not publicly accessible. |
| Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2025 08:13 |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2025 13:14 |
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| Published Date: | 2024-12-14 |
| Published Online Date: | 2024-12-14 |
| Accepted Date: | 2024-11-08 |
| Authors: |
Korosteleva, Julia
Mickiewicz, Tomasz ( 
0000-0001-5261-5662)
Parrilli, Mario Davide |