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Practices in operating a small business in a host community: a social capital perspective of Chinese immigrant entrepreneurship within the South African business context

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  • Tinashe Tsungai Raphael Ndoro
  • Lynette Louw
  • MacDonald Kanyangale

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This study explores how Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs who own small retail businesses in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa draw from their social capital to operate their small businesses. The study followed a qualitative research design in which 21 in-depth interviews were conducted. The findings show that the Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs used different forms of social capital to operate their small retail businesses in the host business environment. Drawing from their social capital, the Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs were able to respond to opportunities and challenges in the host business environment. Social capital embedded in relationships and networks between the Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs and different stakeholders was central to the operations of the small retail businesses.

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  • Tinashe Tsungai Raphael Ndoro & Lynette Louw & MacDonald Kanyangale, 2019. "Practices in operating a small business in a host community: a social capital perspective of Chinese immigrant entrepreneurship within the South African business context," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 36(1/2), pages 148-163.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:36:y:2019:i:1/2:p:148-163
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    1. Hammed Olabode Ojugbele & Robertson K. Tengeh & Oyebanjo Ogunlela, 2022. "COVID-19 bailout nationalism: a predicament in saving small immigrant-owned businesses in South Africa," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 11(6), pages 33-42, September.

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