Immigrant Entrepreneur's Capital Playbook

This book demonstrates how immigrant entrepreneurs leverage transnational networks and multi-capital strategies to build scalable, sustainable ventures. Bridging entrepreneurship, migration studies, and sustainable finance, it introduces a five-capital framework—human, social, cultural, financial, and green—to explain divergent growth trajectories across global contexts. Rich case studies and original survey data reveal how diasporic ties unlock capital advantages, how ESG-linked funding reshapes opportunity structures, and how policy environments influence innovation. Each chapter offers actionable insights for practitioners, investors, and policymakers, while advancing theory on opportunity creation under transnational constraints. Written in an accessible style, this book provides a timely roadmap for converting global talent and green finance into inclusive prosperity.

Charbel Salloum (France) is Full Professor of Finance at EM Normandie Business School. His research spans corporate governance, entrepreneurship, CSR, leadership, and gender diversity. Léo-Paul Dana is Chief Researcher at the Kazimieras Simonavicius University Research and Innovation Institute in Lithuania and Professor at VIZJA University in Poland. He is internationally recognised as a leading architect of ethnic minority entrepreneurship research. His work shows how culture, kinship, community values, and local knowledge shape entrepreneurial activity in ways often overlooked by conventional business theory. Amir Hasnaoui (France) is Full Professor at Excelia Business School, where he leads the Finance Department. He holds a Master's in Finance and IT and a Doctorate in Management Science. Matteo Rossi (Italy/Poland) is Associate Professor at the University of Sannio and affiliated with WSB Merito University. His research focuses on SME finance, innovation systems, and corporate governance.