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Managing the Yin and Yang of family capital: a study of Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs

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  • Zhen Zhang
  • Trish Reay

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Family capital can provide positive resources for entrepreneurship; however, it can also bring negative consequences that hinder the growth of a new venture. We investigated how entrepreneurs experienced and managed the positives and negatives of family capital through in-depth semi-structured interviews with Chinese immigrants who landed in Canada between 2000 and 2014. We contribute to the entrepreneurship literature by highlighting the paradoxical nature of family capital, and by identifying five strategies that entrepreneurs employed to manage the paradox.

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  • Zhen Zhang & Trish Reay, 2018. "Managing the Yin and Yang of family capital: a study of Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(7-8), pages 722-748, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:30:y:2018:i:7-8:p:722-748
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2018.1457085
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    1. Zhu, Chen & Lee, Chien-Chiang & Hong, Jin & Shi, Xing, 2023. "Multidimensional cultural distance and self-employment of internal migrants in China," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 58-81.
    2. Bryan Malki & Timur Uman & Daniel Pittino, 2022. "The entrepreneurial financing of the immigrant entrepreneurs: a literature review," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(3), pages 1337-1365, March.
    3. Xu, Feng & Kellermanns, Franz W. & Jin, Linlin & Xi, Jing, 2020. "Family support as social exchange in entrepreneurship: Its moderating impact on entrepreneurial stressors-well-being relationships," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 59-73.

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