Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurship

Mackie, J. A. C.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8411.1992.tb00060.x

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“…It is not clear, however, to what degree the differences in investment are a result rather than a cause of the very different situation in the two regions. Mackie (1992), Riedel(1988b). One of the difficulties in relying too heavily on ethnic explanations for economic growth is that they have been of long standing while growth is a recent phenomenon.…”

Section: Adams and Davis -The Role Ofpolicy I N Economic Developmentmentioning

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The Role of Policy in Economic Development: comparisons of the East and Southeast Asian and Latin American experience

Adams¹,

Davis²

1994

Asian-Pac Economic Lit

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This article surveys the literature comparing and contrasting economic development in Latin America and East Asia in the past twenty to thirty years. Growth has been conspicuously faster in East Asia. The main reason, it is generally agreed, is that most of the East Asian countries at an early stage adopted an export-oriented industrialization strategy, while the Latin American countries until recently clung to inward-looking import substitution. The benefits of outward-looking policies have been reinforced in East Asia by prudent macroeconomic policies and more co-operative relations between the state and other economic actors. If better policies explain the superior economic performance of East Asia, the explanation for the choice of better policies must be sought in cultural and historical factors.

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Section: Adams and Davis -The Role Ofpolicy I N Economic Developmentmentioning

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The Role of Policy in Economic Development: comparisons of the East and Southeast Asian and Latin American experience

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1994

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“…This phenomenon is particularly striking for Chinese migration from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century. Most of these Chinese migrants left their homeland for economic reasons, but maintained very close connections with it even if they settled thousands of miles away and remained in their host country for decades (Wong, 1988; Mackie, 1992; Thuno, 2007; Benton and Liu, 2018).…”

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“…Specifically, they largely relied on kinship, clanship and township for mutual support, either during business establishment or in the process of business maneuvering. In this way, not only could internal management problems be alleviated, but external challenges, such as insufficient legal protection or limited resources, could be eased (Mackie, 1992).…”

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An entrepreneurial migrant family: The rise of Aw Boon Haw’s business empire in the Asia-Pacific

Zheng

Gao

2020

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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This research note uses the rise of Aw Boon Haw’s dynastic family businesses across Asia to illustrate Chinese migrant entrepreneurs’ business development and dynamism. Although it is known that the management and operation of Chinese migrant family businesses do have disadvantages, there is substantial evidence that family control and network capital can facilitate their business endeavors. Through the case of the Aw family business, it was found that by using key strategies of family control and its network capital, even though their migrant background posed multi-layered disadvantages, the Aw family was able to rise from rags to riches in the medicine and newspaper businesses. Not only did their migrant background not restrict Aw family business growth, it fostered its expansion in the region and the world.

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“…has long been a fundamental underpinning of Chinese business practices, which moreover helps to explain the success of Chinese merchants, traders, and businessmen throughout East and Southeast Asia (Bian 1994;Chan and Chiang 1994;DeGlopper 1995;Hamilton and Feenstra 1997;Hamilton and Kao 1990;Hamilton 1991Hamilton , 1996Hamilton , 1998Mackie 1992;Orr, Biggart, and Hamilton 1991;Redding 1990;Tong and Yong 1998;Yan 1996;Yang 1994). In particular, the institutionalized practice of g11anxi the use of such relationships to gain advantage undergirds much of the Chinese business culture.'…”

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Moving Up: and Industrial Upgrading, Social Networks, Buyer-Driven Commodity Chains in East Asian Chinese Business Firms

Appelbaum¹

1999

AISR

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Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurship

Cited by 45 publications

References 22 publications

The Role of Policy in Economic Development: comparisons of the East and Southeast Asian and Latin American experience

The Role of Policy in Economic Development: comparisons of the East and Southeast Asian and Latin American experience

An entrepreneurial migrant family: The rise of Aw Boon Haw’s business empire in the Asia-Pacific

Moving Up: and Industrial Upgrading, Social Networks, Buyer-Driven Commodity Chains in East Asian Chinese Business Firms

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