Transnational entrepreneurship amongst Vietnamese businesses in London

Bagwell, Sue (2014) Transnational entrepreneurship amongst Vietnamese businesses in London. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41 (2). ISSN 1369-183X

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This paper draws on research with Vietnamese businesses in London which seeks to challenge some of the traditional views of transnational entrepreneurship. These have focused primarily on entrepreneurs embedded in both home and host countries and the need for regular travel between the two to manage the business. In contrast this study suggests that transnational entrepreneurship today is more fluid than previous studies have suggested and is often characterised by multi-polar (rather than bi-polar) links. Travel is also less relevant in the current age of ‘super-connectivity’. The research explores how Vietnamese entrepreneurs in London draw on various forms of transnational capital to further the development of their business, and develops a framework to measure the degree and extent of the transnational embeddedness and dependency of the business. The results suggest that transnational entrepreneurship amongst ethnic minority entrepreneurs today is better viewed as a continuum rather than a set of discrete business types.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	UK Vietnamese Enterprise, Transnational Networks, Transnational Capital, Transnational Business Typologies, Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship
Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Department:	School of Social Sciences (to June 2021) School of Social Sciences and Professions
Depositing User:	David Pester
Date Deposited:	03 Feb 2016 19:24
Last Modified:	28 Apr 2020 13:33
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/882

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