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01.09.2010 | Editorial

Managing in ethnic Chinese communities: Culture, institutions, and context

verfasst von: David Ahlstrom, Shyh-jer Chen, Kuang S. Yeh

Erschienen in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management | Ausgabe 3/2010

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In this Special Issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management on Managing in Ethnic Chinese Communities, we seek to shed light on the complex and dynamic relationships existing in many ethnic Chinese businesses around the world. This is an exciting time to study ethnic Chinese business. Ethnic Chinese business used to mean Overseas Chinese firms, that is, enterprises run by Chinese business people based outside of Mainland China. That definition is no longer sufficient: successful ethnic Chinese businesses exist and are thriving all around Asia and increasingly, elsewhere (Ahlstrom & Wang, 2010; Pan, 1990; Zeng & Williamson, 2007). In particular, the rise of East Asian economies from Mainland China, Taiwan, to Southeast Asia has encouraged much study of how these economies (and their firms) grew so briskly while inspiring a model for economies in the developing world (Berger & Hsiao, 1988; Carney, Gedajlovic, & Yang, 2009; Fallows, 1995; Ramo, 2004; Seagrave, 1995). …

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Titel: Managing in ethnic Chinese communities: Culture, institutions, and context
verfasst von: David Ahlstrom
Shyh-jer Chen
Kuang S. Yeh
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2010
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management / Ausgabe 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0217-4561
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-9958
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-010-9218-4

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