Immigrant entrepreneurship: subregion of Tâmega e Sousa

For the main topic I decided to explore two great topics the migratory movements and entrepreneurship. The combination of these two themes results in the major topic of this investigation, immigrant entrepreneurship. The immigrant entrepreneurship topic emerges from a growing interest in migratory movements and from the experience acquired during the curricular internship in the entrepreneurship field. During the research and writing of this work I tried to define and present each one of the greater topics individually and subsequently provide a more detailed perspective about immigrant entrepreneurship, a combination of two major topics. Lastly, I intended to present an analysis of the immigrant entrepreneurial rates wihtin the sub-region of Tâmega e Sousa. Due to the lack of specific date about immigrant entrepreneurship within the region, it was necessary to do a more detailed analysis on each topic individually. The choice of the sub-region of Tâmega e Sousa derives from the curricular internship which was performed in a local institution which has as its main goals the sub-region development through the promotion of entrepreneurship. Through this investigation was possible to understand the important role immigrants play on the portuguese society, specially at the economic level. Their entrepreneurial character and ambition makes immigrants an important demographic sector to the economic and social development, helping to overcome the demographic and economic crisis faced in Portugal