Ethnic diversity in SME business teams: generating employment growth through digitalisation, innovation, and exporting

Julia Korosteleva; Tomasz Mickiewicz; Mario Davide Parrilli

doi:10.1007/s11187-024-00985-1

Ethnic diversity in SME business teams: generating employment growth through digitalisation, innovation, and exporting

Julia Korosteleva, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Mario Davide Parrilli

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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.

Original language	English
Number of pages	24
Journal	Small Business Economics
Early online date	14 Dec 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00985-1
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 14 Dec 2024

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SMEs growth
Ethnic diversity
Social capital
Digitalisation
Exporting
Innovation

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