Entrepreneurship and Immigrant Business Groups in the Italian Labour Market

The analysis of the characteristics of immigrant businesses, their spatial location and the unique dynamics of this increasingly important component of Italian trade, is essential in order to fully exploit the potential synergies created by the proliferation of entrepreneurial foreign nationals. This paper aims to contribute to the body of knowledge on the relationships between migration and economic development, and migration and entrepreneurs. Integrating sources of official data will illuminate the Italian experience over the last fifteen years.