Divergent engagements: Roles and strategies of Taiwanese and mainland Chinese returnee entrepreneurs in the IT industry

Global Networks

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 398-419

  Zhou, Yu ^a,b   Hsu, Jinn Yuh ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CHINA; OVERSEAS CHINESE; TAIWAN; TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; TRANSNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS

Indexed keywords

CHINA; OVERSEAS CHINESE; TAIWAN; TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; TRANSNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBALIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; TAIWAN; TAIWAN STRAIT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958091983     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2010.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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