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Healthcare Entrepreneurship and Global Talent: Navigating Visa Barriers, Health Innovation, and Startup Survival as an International Graduate
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Author(s): Lawal Olamilekan Abdulwahab (School of Business and Economics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei), Odulusi Daniel (Kabale University, Uganda), Kabara Auwal Halabi (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei)and Hafiz Bubari Umar (Federal Polytechnic, Bali, Nigeria)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 34
Source title:
International Student Narratives in Globalized Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Irham Irham (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia), Miftahul Huda (Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia & University of Antwerp, Belgium)and Lalu Nurul Yaqin (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-4212-2.ch015
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Abstract
This chapter explores how international graduates, in their quest for survival, innovation, and resistance, launch healthcare startups in host countries. Narrative inquiry and autoethnography reveal how these individuals transform personal health disparities and immigration hardships into culturally attuned, socially impactful ventures. These startups, emerging from marginality rather than privilege, are shaped by visa precarity, cultural exclusion, and systemic neglect. However, far from being passive policy subjects, these entrepreneurs actively redefine their identities as migrants, students, and innovators. The chapter critiques narrow definitions of entrepreneurial success and highlights the transformative potential of immigrant-led health innovation as a blueprint for justice, inclusion, and global policy reform. By stressing the social impact of these ventures, the audience is invited to feel engaged and committed to the cause.
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