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Within the context of a research report devoted to the entrepreneurs with a migratory background in the Lombardy region this chapter describes the characteristics of the enterprises composing the sample and of their activities.

Within the context of a research report devoted to the entrepreneurs with a migratory background in the Lombardy region this chapter synthesises the results in the light of the main theoretical approaches. The author also discusses the possible impact of the enterprises created by migrants on the regional economy.

Within the context of a research report devoted to the entrepreneurs with a migratory background in the Lombardy region this chapter describes entrepreneurs’ project and values.

This essay provides an original and wide review of the international literature concerning the migrants’ role as entrepreneurs. After describing classical an new theoretical approaches, the Author focuses her attention on the strong relation among international migrations, independent work and the processes of internationalisation of urban and national economies. The feedback effects in the sending countries are also taken into consideration. This essay introduces a research report devoted to the entrepreneurs with a migratory background in the Lombardy region.

Within the context of a research report devoted to the entrepreneurs with a migratory background in the Lombardy region this chapter describes the different phases of the entrepreneurial career.

Within the context of an explorative research about female entrepreneurship, this chapter analyses the case of a woman who launched an enterprise for the importation of handcrafts from Asian countries. In the understanding of the birth and the development of this entrepreneurial initiative, it stresses the importance of individual attitudes and competences, but also of the family network.