Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Hong Kong

Informationen zum Autor Tony Fu-Lai Yu Klappentext This is the first systematic study of the nature, operation and contribution of entrepreneurship to the growth of Hong Kong. From a new entrepreneurial perspective of economic development, the author argues that the success of Hong Kong is attributable principally to adaptive entrepreneurship: product imitation; small scale enterprise; subcontracting and spatial arbitrage. Zusammenfassung This is the first systematic economic study of the nature, operation and contribution of entrepreneurship to the growth of Hong Kong. The author argues that the success of Hong Kong is due to adaptive entrepreneurship. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures, List of table, Preface and acknowledgements, 1 THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF HONG KONG: A SEARCH FOR AN EXPLANATION, 2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK, 3 THE HONG KONG ENVIRONMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 4 ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, 5 ADAPTIVE RESPONSE IN THE TEXTILE AND GARMENT INDUSTRY, 6 ADAPTIVE RESPONSE IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, 7 ENTREPRENEURSHIP, STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND CATCHING UP, 8 LESSONS FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES, 9 CONCLUSIONS, Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: Tony Yu, Tony Fu Yu, Tony Fu-Lai Yu, Yu Tony Fu-Lai
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.1997
• EAN: 9780415162401
• ISBN: 978-0-415-16240-1
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 242 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pac; Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Business; Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Business
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Hong Kong, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups