Drivers of change or cut-throat competitors? Challenging Cultures of Innovation of Chinese and Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa
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Keywords
trading diasporas; international migration; entrepreneurs; culture; innovation; SME; Africa; China; Nigeria; Cotonou; Accra;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- N85 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - Asia including Middle East
- N87 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - Africa; Oceania
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
- M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
- R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2010-06-18 (Africa)
- NEP-CUL-2010-06-18 (Cultural Economics)
- NEP-ENT-2010-06-18 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-MIG-2010-06-18 (Economics of Human Migration)
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