Impact of ethnicity and self-employment on initial financing and business performance in entrepreneurship in China

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of the current study is to analyze the influence that is caused by ethnicity and volunteer self-employment in entrepreneurship on the initial financing and business performance of Chinese enterprises. The increasing trend of entrepreneurship has raised certain ethnic challenges in entrepreneurship owing to globalization and now there are several minority groups that are running their households in China. So, the current study aims to assess whether the minority-operated and majority-operated firms have different access to initial financing and different business performance.

Design/methodology/approach

The data are collected from 25 Chinese enterprises about the current variables, and the relationships are tested. This study has used the ordinary least of square (OLS) regression model to examine the findings.

Findings

The purposive sampling is used in the current study because the purpose of the present research is to understand and study the role of ethnicity and self-employment in initial financing and business performance of Chinese enterprises and so the data was collected from related enterprises. This study has used the ordinary least of square (OLS) regression model to examine the findings.

Originality/value

The current findings have significant implications in theory and practice. This study will be a great addition to the literature because the self-employment has never been examined before in such models to assess the role of forceful or volunteer self-employment in entrepreneurship, and so, it will open new doors of research for future researchers.

Citation

Appiah, B.K., Donghui, Z. and Majumder, S.C. (2019), "Impact of ethnicity and self-employment on initial financing and business performance in entrepreneurship in China", Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 151-166. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCEFTS-06-2019-0033