IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wsi/jecxxx/v16y2008i02ns0218495808000065.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Home-Grown And Abroad-Bred Entrepreneurs In China: A Study Of The Influences Of External Context On Entrepreneurial Competencies

Author

Listed:
  • THOMAS WING YAN MAN

    (Division of Business Studies, Department of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences and Technology, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong)

  • THERESA LAU

    (Department of Management and Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

  • K. F. CHAN

    (Department of Management and Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

Abstract

As an attempt to explore the influence of external context on entrepreneurial competencies, we conducted a comparative analysis using a sample of 16 home-grown and abroad-bred entrepreneurs in China. Through a content analysis of the critical incidents during their business development, we found that both groups demonstrated a similar set of entrepreneurial competencies, with strategic, relationship, conceptual, organizing and opportunity competencies being the most predominant types. However, the orders of relationship and organizing competencies between the two groups were different due to the different behavioural elements, attributes, skills and knowledge domains constituting them. We concluded that the context is a critical yet complex dimension of entrepreneurial competencies, as the early context from which the entrepreneurs grow up has significant impacts on the formation of some competencies, whereas the current context in which they operate their businesses will determine their uses and will shape the development of other competencies.

Suggested Citation

  • Thomas Wing Yan Man & Theresa Lau & K. F. Chan, 2008. "Home-Grown And Abroad-Bred Entrepreneurs In China: A Study Of The Influences Of External Context On Entrepreneurial Competencies," Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(02), pages 113-132.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jecxxx:v:16:y:2008:i:02:n:s0218495808000065
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218495808000065
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218495808000065
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1142/S0218495808000065?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. anonymous, 1995. "Appointment of new members, January 13, 1995," Federal Reserve Bulletin, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), issue Mar, pages 266-266.
    2. Unknown, 1995. "Arer Reviewers, June 1994-May 1995," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 24(2), pages 1-2, October.
    3. -, 1995. "Cuarto informe semestral, enero a junio 1995," Sede de la CEPAL en Santiago (Estudios e Investigaciones) 32756, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
    4. anonymous, 1995. "Appointment of new members, January 1, 1995," Federal Reserve Bulletin, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), issue Feb, pages 111-111.
    5. anonymous, 1995. "Profile of Janet Yellen," The Region, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, vol. 9(Jun), pages 4-13.
    6. -, 1995. "¿Desarrollo rural sin jóvenes?," Sede de la CEPAL en Santiago (Estudios e Investigaciones) 30554, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
    7. Lewin, C.G. & Carne, S.A. & de Rivaz, N.F.C. & Hall, R.E.G. & McKelvey, K.J. & Wilkie, A.D., 1995. "Capital Projects," British Actuarial Journal, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1(2), pages 155-249, June.
    8. Peters Tom & Bea F. X., 1995. "Jenseits der Hierarchien," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 214(6), pages 763-764, December.
    9. anonymous, 1995. "Profile of James Buchanan," The Region, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, vol. 9(Sep), pages 12-21.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Christophe Estay & François Durrieu & Manzoom Akhter, 2013. "Entrepreneurship: From motivation to start-up," Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 11(3), pages 243-267, September.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Judith Sloan, 1996. "Believe It or Not: New Evidence on the Effects of Minimum Wages," Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics, vol. 3(1), pages 121-126.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wsi:jecxxx:v:16:y:2008:i:02:n:s0218495808000065. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.worldscinet.com/jec/jec.shtml .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.