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• Objective. This paper focuses on tourism firms founded by immigrant entrepreneurs and analyses some of the antecedents and the consequences of their decision to adopt the ethnic enclave strategy. We explore, first, its impact on the contribution of immigrant entrepreneurs’ businesses to the wellbeing of their co-ethnic community. Second, we examine how the institutions in immigrants’ countries of origin and their social connections with compatriots and local people condition the use of the enclave strategy.

• Theoretical framework. Enclave approach, Institutional theory and Social embeddedness theory offer the theoretical bases for the development of this study.

• Methodology. We used a sample of 159 immigrant entrepreneurs living in the Canary Islands. Our study combines individual data referring to immigrant entrepreneurs who answered a questionnaire with national data concerning aspects of institutions in their countries of origin offered by World Competitiveness Yearbook.

• Results. We found two different dimensions of the enclave strategy: ‘supply sources/product offered’ and ‘target market’. We also found that both meso-level variables and macro-level variables impact on the immigrant entrepreneurs’ decision to adopt the enclave strategy, and that the use of such a strategy allows them to contribute more to the wellbeing of their co-ethnic communities.

Green ventures should play an important role in the needed transition towards more environmentally sustainable economies. Theoretical arguments on the relative sustainability of new ventures are often conflicting, however, and empirical evidence is limited. We address this debate by analyzing the adoption of environmentally sustainable practices by new ventures, including the potential moderating effects of the use of digital technologies (DTs) and participation in global value chains (GVCs). Using EU-wide data, we find that new ventures are on average less likely than mature organizations to adopt sustainable business practices. This suggests that a ‘sustainability learning curve’ exists and that organizations need time to develop environmentally efficient products and operations. We also find that Blockchain technology and GVCs positively moderate the ‘new venture-sustainability’ relation, shortening the learning curve and enabling sustainability upgrading in new enterprises. A key finding of this study is that a small but relevant sub-group of new ventures—born with digitalization and a global outlook imprinted in their DNA—are leading the way to environmentally sustainable business operations.

• Goals: This research explores the dynamics of immigrant entrepreneurship in Europe, focusing on their levels of exhaustion and engagement.

• Theoretical Framework: Based on the Job Demands-Resources theory, this study explores how a variety of work-related and personal factors influence the experiences of immigrant entrepreneurs in Europe. We propose that these entrepreneurs face unique job demands and resources that influence their levels of exhaustion and engagement.

• Methodology: We employ structural equation modelling to analyze a representative sample of 522 immigrant entrepreneurs in Europe, using data from the 6th European Working Conditions Survey.

• Results/Implications: The study uncovers relationships between various job-related factors and the psychological states of immigrant entrepreneurs in Europe. A mixture of job demands, resources, personal motivations, and experiences influence their levels of exhaustion and engagement. These insights augment our understanding of immigrant entrepreneurship in Europe and add value to the field. The study also highlights the social implications of these findings in shaping the entrepreneurial experience in Europe. Our results emphasize the importance of promoting inclusivity in the entrepreneurial landscape and the societal benefits of supporting immigrant entrepreneurs, which include boosting economic growth and strengthening social cohesion.

El emprendimiento en bienestar es un tema relativamente nuevo que está atrayendo la atención de los investigadores de organización de empresas. El objetivo principal de esta contribución es orientar a los investigadores en la creación de un marco teórico y proporcionar una guía a los que se inician en la investigación del emprendimiento y el bienestar para que sepan qué revistas y autores consultar a la hora de estudiar este fenómeno. Utilizando la base de datos Web of Science, se identifican áreas de mayor producción investigadora, países e idiomas predominantes, el año de inicio de la investigación, revistas influyentes y autores destacados. El análisis bibliométrico, realizado con VOSviewer, revela patrones y tendencias clave. Los resultados proporcionan información esencial para la comunidad académica, destacando áreas prioritarias y contribuyendo a la comprensión del vínculo entre emprendimiento y bienestar. Se concluye con sugerencias para futuras líneas de investigación, enriqueciendo el panorama científico en esta área emergente.

Theory: Recidivism rates across the world remain high, and one of the key reasons for this situation is that people leaving the prison system have great difficulty in securing employment. Addressing this issue must be explored from a broad perspective, but one potential career option that is under-explored is self-employment, with few entrepreneurship programmes available within prison systems.

Objectives: First, to contribute to the entrepreneurship education literature by emphasising the value of competency-based training as a means of creating tailored offerings to non-conventional entrepreneurship learners. Second, to contribute to the minority entrepreneurship domain by enhancing current understanding of the distinctive knowledge, skills, and behaviours needed by minority entrepreneurs to enable entrepreneurship to take place.

Methods, Results and Implications: Using thematic analysis on ten in-depth interviews, this article identifies three categories of competency (generic, specific, and existing) that need to be developed, honed and leveraged through an in-prison entrepreneurship programme designed to enhance the likelihood of participants undertaking entrepreneurial activity upon release. Such findings aim to contribute to the competency-based approach to training, to the minority entrepreneurship domain, and to the entrepreneurship education literature.