Towards an understanding of Chinese business networks in Asia-Pacific: The Singapore case

• Main Authors: MENKHOFF, Thomas, Labig, Chalmers
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1995
• Subjects: Ethnic Chinese; entrepreneurs; businessmen; guanxi; Singapore; Asian Studies; Business; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Race and Ethnicity
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1341; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/2340/viewcontent/1063_Artikeltext_2117_1_10_20161018.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The embeddedness of entrepreneurs in local, regional or global business networks based on kinship, clanship, territorial or ethnic ties and solidarities has often been cited as characteristic of the Chinese business community in Southeast Asia. Qualitative interviews with Singaporean Chinese merchan...