Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Hong Kong

by Tony Fu-Lai Yu

Overview

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; subcontracti

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134716487
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/31/1997
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	889 KB

About the Author

Tony Fu-Lai Yu

Table of Contents

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