ABSTRACT
This chapter explores entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial aspirations among immigrants after their arrival in Israel. It focuses on the issues of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial aspirations among this group of immigrants. The chapter addresses the following questions: what is the actual rate of entrepreneurial self-employment among these immigrants? What characteristics differentiate them from those immigrants who have acquired salaried positions? The chapter also focuses on sociological variables and their relationships to entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial aspirations. The immigrants from the former U.S.S.R. in Israel do not suffer from inferior status in the primary labor market, and they do not possess the resources relevant to the entrepreneurship market. The fact that such a low percentage of immigrants from the former U.S.S.R. living in Israel turn to entrepreneurship indicates only partially applicable to this specific group. Entrepreneurial aspirations may arise regardless of the absence of conditions necessary for entrepreneurial activity.
