It's safe to say that one of the fundamental questions entrepreneurship research seeks to answer is why some people choose to start their own businesses rather than work for a company. A common belief is that people are drawn to (or pushed toward) entrepreneurship because they believe they can achieve greater success despite all the challenges and thus achieve better outcomes for themselves and those around them (Duan and Sandhu, 2022: 722). Due to the significant number of ethnic minority businesses in developed countries (especially in North America, Europe, and Oceania) and the contributions these businesses make to the economies of their host countries, the topic of immigrant entrepreneurship has received widespread attention in academic circles in recent years (Kim, 2023: 293). In the United States, one of the countries with the highest concentration of businesses founded by immigrants and ethnic minorities, the government has developed various policies to attract foreign-born talent and high-tech entrepreneurs. According to an OECD report (2010), immigrant entrepreneurs contribute significantly to globalization and international business activities because they possess a strong understanding and perspective of both their host countries and their home countries. According to the United Nations International Migrant Report (UN, 2019), the number of international migrants worldwide has continued to increase rapidly in recent years, reaching 272 million in 2019 from 220 million in 2010 (Duan et al., 2021b: 3).

Compared to native-born entrepreneurs, immigrants use different techniques to develop factors such as language, social media platforms, and social capital strengthened by personal human capital. Immigrants can look where their native-born counterparts don't, finding opportunities they don't. According to resource and opportunity theories, these differences in resources and opportunities between immigrant and native-born entrepreneurs create differences in their motivations for entrepreneurial creation and ultimately lead to differences in performance (Duan et al., 2021a: 713).