Trading Networks of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Singapore

• Main Authors: MENKHOFF, Thomas, LABIG, Chalmers E.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1996
• 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/1345; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/2344/viewcontent/TradingNetworks_1996_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The entrenchment of entrepreneurs in local, regional, or global business networks based on kinship, clanship, territorial, or ethnic ties has often been cited as characteristic of Chinese business communities in Southeast Asia. Qualitative interviews with Singaporean Chinese merchant-exporters were...