Over the Weberian Wall: Chinese Family Businesses in Singapore

• Main Authors: Fock, Siew Tong, Wilkinson, Barry
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: Chinese family business; inter-generation transition; Chinese culture; entrepreneurial agency; Asian Studies; Business Administration, Management, and Operations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3797; https://cjas.dk/index.php/cjas/article/view/1431
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Overseas Chinese businesses have been characterized as possessing unique cultural attributes or being embedded in specific institutional environments that constrict their growth and lead to them taking on limited economic roles. Familism, particularism, nepotism and the lack of state support (among...