Abstract:
This paper examines ethnic entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka and the UK by investigating
the relationship between the characteristics of ethnic business entrepreneurs and their
entrepreneurial experiences. What is worth noting in this study is comparative
perspective of composition of networks across cultures. The research will discuss the key
themes such as the extent to which ethnic (immigrant) entrepreneurs are embedded in
networks. These results have the potential to be generalisable to other similar context, for
example South Asians in the US, Canada and Western Europe.
