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Internationalization of Ethnic Chinese-Owned Enterprises: A Network Approach

In: Globalization of Chinese Business Firms

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  • Haiyan Zhang
  • Daniel Bulcke

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Research into ethnic Chinese-owned enterprises1 has identified social and business networks as powerful determinants of the economic success of Chinese entrepreneurs in Southeast Asian economies (Redding, 1995; Brown, 1995). In recent years the network concept has frequently been used to explain typical organizational structures as well as the internationalization process of ethnic Chinese-owned multinational enterprises (CHMNEs) (Kao, 1993; Yeung, 1997a). There seems to be a general agreement in the literature that the corporate governance and business system of Chinese enterprises are greatly affected by the social and personal relations of their entrepreneurs (Redding, 1990; Whitley, 1990, 1991, 1992). Hence, a better understanding of how these entrepreneurial networks of CHMNEs might assist in reducing transaction costs and substitute for deficiencies in their resource-based ownership advantages is a relevant research topic. An important concern in research about the internationalization process, strategic setting, control and organization is also to find out how and to what extent these social and personal networks affect CHMNEs in their building of successful cross-border inter- and intra-firm linkages.

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  • Haiyan Zhang & Daniel Bulcke, 2000. "Internationalization of Ethnic Chinese-Owned Enterprises: A Network Approach," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Henry Wai-chung Yeung & Kris Olds (ed.), Globalization of Chinese Business Firms, chapter 6, pages 126-149, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59992-5_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230599925_6
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    1. Ismil HOSSAIN & Fredrick AGBOMA, 2015. "Examining The Impact Of Institutional Environments On The Hrm Practices Of Mncs And Their Operation And The Path Dependency Between Developed And Developing Countries," Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 9(1), pages 679-693, November.

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