168288 20260202151222.0 doi 10.3390/socsci14050305 sideral 146951 ART-2025-146951 eng Aliaga-Sáez, Felipe Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-4635-1132 Migrant Entrepreneurs Between Colombia and Germany: Return, Strategies, and Expectations 2025 There is scant literature on migrants with an entrepreneurial background and who return to their country of origin. Using a transnational theoretical approach, we seek to contribute to research in this field by analysing the return strategies and expectations of Colombian migrant entrepreneurs participating in the Programme Migration and Diaspora (PMD). This programme is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (German Society for International Cooperation, Eschborn, Germany) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ, Berlin, Germany). To this end, a mixed-methods study was conducted. Likert scale questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were applied to twenty-seven entrepreneurs participating in the programme, analysing quantitative and qualitative variables. Migrants seek to contribute to Colombia’s development through entrepreneurship, looking for various commercial connections for which security and planning conditions are necessary. They see entrepreneurship as sustenance, which in most cases results in transnational links between Germany and Colombia. For that to happen, contacts and acquired experiences are fundamental, as well as tangible and intangible resources, amongst which the information and support for entrepreneurship granted by GIZ stand out. Generally, it is essential to continue strengthening differentiated and comprehensive support strategies for all types of migrant entrepreneurs in destination countries. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion García-Arango, David Alberto Riaño, Yvonne Sepúlveda-Aguirre, Jovany Betancur-Betancur, David 4009 775 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Sociología 14, 5 (2025), 305 [22 pp.] Social Sciences 2076-0760 497123 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168288/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2586908 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168288/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:168288 articulos driver 2026-02-02-14:40:02 ARTICLE