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Mobile Chinese Entrepreneurs 2011 Edition
Contributor(s): Kwok-Bun, Chan (Author), Wai-Wan, Chan (Author)
ISBN: 1461429811     ISBN-13: 9781461429814
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE:   $104.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
- Business & Economics | Economics - General
- Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship
Dewey: 301
Series: International Consumer Science
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.57 lbs) 165 pages
 
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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, emotions, and social networks, creating an exploration of social capital and social identity comparable to similar groups of businessmen and -women in other parts of the world.