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Item Restricted Reflections on Migrant Entrepreneurship and Digitalization : A Qualitative Research(2022) Valentino Troka; Koç, Hasan; Ülker, Bariş; Faculty of Business Administration; Berlin International University of Applied SciencesAUTHOR-SUPPLIED ABSTRACT: Abstract: Migrant enterprises are no longer being confined to the lower market segments, but they can be found operating in high-value activities which represent advanced economies. These individuals implement their own ideas and skills to the host country, they offer their flexibility and labor to diversify and help out with labor market shortages. According to OECD (2010), migrants are more eager to participate in entrepreneurial activities than locals, and these activities do not portray only traditional ethnic businesses anymore but rather large enterprises that are greatly affecting their respective industries. These transformations from the old to the new can also be seen in the context of enterprise digitalisation and digital migrant entrepreneurs who have used technology to transform the physical attributes of their traditional enterprise into digital ones (Andrejuk, 2022). The aim of this thesis is to further explore the concept of "migrant entrepreneurship", while at the same time exploring the drivers of a successful migrant enterprise, the challenges they face, and the success factors behind a migrant's adaptation into the host country. Drawing on qualitative research, the paper produces answers to the two research questions by elaborating on the different conditions a migrant has to follow when building a business, and also by emphasizing the effect of digitalisation on migrant enterprises. The results show that the access to essential conditions is different for migrants versus local entrepreneurs. Moreover, crowdfunding, digital finance, and digital technologies help alleviate the existing constraints that migrants face. The analysis is based on semi-structured interviews with 13 migrant entrepreneurs residing in Albania, Germany, and the US. Keywords: migrant entrepreneurship, migrant enterprises, high-value activities, advanced economies, flexibility, labor market shortages, traditional ethnic businesses, enterprise digitalisation, digital migrant entrepreneurs, qualitative research, drivers, challenges, success factors, adaptation, host country, conditions, digitalisation, crowdfunding, digital finance, digital technologies, constraints, semi-structured interviews, Albania, Germany, US