Vitali G., Filippi M., Manello A., Working Paper Cnr-Ceris, N° 14/2012 SUMMARY 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Ethnic entrepreneurships: some theoretical aspects ...................................................................................... 5 3. Self-employment rate by country of origin .................................................................................................. 7 4. Economic specialization of foreign firms.................................................................................................... 12 5. Econometric model: the geographical distribution of the foreign entrepreneurial rates ............................. 13 6. Some concluding remarks ........................................................................................................................... 15 References ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 4