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Mobile Chinese Entrepreneurs
Chan, Kwok-Bun (Assistant Professor, National University Of Singapore); Wai-Wan, Chan
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Hardback. This book draws on the narratives of small-to-medium business owners, born on the Chinese mainland, who have immigrated to Hong Kong and then returned to their homes to establish their enterprises. The book highlights critical issues in migrant economics. Series: International Series on Consumer Science. Num Pages: 165 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
Mobile Chinese Entrepreneurs draws extensively on the narratives of sixteen small-to-medium business owners, born on the mainland, who have immigrated to Hong Kong and returned to their ancestral hometowns in China to establish their enterprises. For these executives, business and social life alike are marked by constant interplay of identities, such as individual identity/group membership and ancestral/immigrant identity. Yet as often as this juggling of multiple “selves” can be beneficial in the economic sphere, it can also lead to feelings of rootlessness and alienation. Writing with rare sensitivity, the two authors synthesize insights from economic sociology, psychology, ethnic relations, ... Read more
Mobile Chinese Entrepreneurs draws extensively on the narratives of sixteen small-to-medium business owners, born on the mainland, who have immigrated to Hong Kong and returned to their ancestral hometowns in China to establish their enterprises. For these executives, business and social life alike are marked by constant interplay of identities, such as individual identity/group membership and ancestral/immigrant identity. Yet as often as this juggling of multiple “selves” can be beneficial in the economic sphere, it can also lead to feelings of rootlessness and alienation. Writing with rare sensitivity, the two authors synthesize insights from economic sociology, psychology, ethnic relations, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
Series
International Series on Consumer Science
Number of Pages
165
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441996428
SKU
V9781441996428
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99-15
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