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Entrepreneurship and small enterprise

Starting and growing a business, as a migrant, a returnee or a family firm in the region.

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Faculty of Economic and Social Development
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  1. Stephen Syrett, Janroj Yilmaz Keles (2019). Diasporas, agency and enterprise in settlement and homeland contexts: Politicised entrepreneurship in the Kurdish diaspora. Political Geography. DOI 10.1016/j.polgeo.2019.05.008
  2. Stephen Syrett, Janroj Yılmaz Keles (2022). A contextual understanding of diaspora entrepreneurship: identity, opportunity and resources in the Sri Lankan Tamil and Kurdish diasporas. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. DOI 10.1108/ijebr-08-2021-0658

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01Fields

The A narrower topic within a discipline. this discipline covers.

  • Starting a small business
  • Migrant and diaspora entrepreneurship
  • Food enterprise
  • Social enterprise
  • Access to markets

02Classification

Where the discipline sits in the international lists of fields.

SchemeCodeSteward
OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.25.2OECD
ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013)0413UNESCO Institute for Statistics

03Courses

Proposed 2

  • Entrepreneurship and small enterprise · Foundations

    Founding a small business

    Outline in preparation.

    Wave 2 Planned

  • Entrepreneurship and small enterprise · Foundations

    Food entrepreneurship

    Outline in preparation.

    Wave 2 Planned

A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.

04Communities of practice

  • Community of practice: Livelihoods and Trade Facilitation

    A A proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides. A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. on livelihoods, small enterprise and trade information.

    Proposed

05Contribute to this field

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06Related service subsites

  • Opportunities

    Livelihoods, skills, jobs, mentoring and diaspora-to-region bridges.

  • Development

    Social programmes, livelihoods and disaster preparedness for Kurdish communities.

07More in this department

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APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Entrepreneurship and small enterprise. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/entrepreneurship/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/entrepreneurship/.

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@misc{kco2026_learn_disciplines_entrepreneurship,
	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Entrepreneurship and small enterprise},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/entrepreneurship/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/entrepreneurship/},
}

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08Research and sources

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  1. Diasporas, agency and enterprise in settlement and homeland contexts: Politicised entrepreneurship in the Kurdish diaspora

    Stephen Syrett, Janroj Yilmaz Keles · 2019 · Political Geography

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  2. A contextual understanding of diaspora entrepreneurship: identity, opportunity and resources in the Sri Lankan Tamil and Kurdish diasporas

    Stephen Syrett, Janroj Yılmaz Keles · 2022 · International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

    ArticleOpenAlexOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY

Sources, licences and fetch dates: OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.

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