A study on the effects and resilience of immigrant entrepreneurs after the outbreak of Covid-19 in Norway

Abstract

The outbreak of covid-19 created different challenges among immigrant businesses in Norway, including, economic and social difficulties. However, the severity of these challenges appears to vary across industries. Based on this variation, this study looks into how immigrant entrepreneurs have maintained their businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Further, this study examines the government compensation scheme, notably business scheme and how immigrant entrepreneur take advantage of it in enhancing their business continuity. By using the qualitative data from the respondents who took part in the interviews, this study will also compare this data to the resilience and self-efficacy theoretical framework. The findings indicate that the reasons for immigrant businesses’ survival vary across sectors, and that an entrepreneur’s ability to keep his or her business afloat is dependent on factors, such as business subsidies, sector disparities in Covid-19 effects, as well as entrepreneurial behaviors. Accordingly, a business could survive with a combination of these three components.