The Indigenous Dynamic in Taiwan's Postwar Development: Religious and Historical Roots of Entrepreneurship - Religious and Historical Roots of Entrepreneurship

Using Taiwan's third largest export industry - shoe manufacturing - as a case study, this work contends that economic development can be tied to Taiwan's own cultural history as well as to the influx of foreign capital or the initiatives of the state government.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Beyond the Pale; Chapter 2 Fragrant Rings; Chapter 3 The Visible Hand; Chapter 4 A Blessing From Heaven; Chapter 5 Clicking, Closing, and Making; Chapter 6 Local Heroes; Chapter 7 Every Living Room a Factory; Chapter 8 Inscribing Capitalism; Chapter 101 Conclusion;

About the author

Skoggard, Ian

Product details

• Authors: Ian Skoggard, Skoggard Ian
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.1996
• EAN: 9781563248450
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-845-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Taiwan, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, macroeconomics, Political Economy, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups