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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780390503321

Autore

Yu Tony Fu-Lai <1950, >

Titolo

Entrepreneurship and economic development in Hong Kong / / Tony Fu-Lai Yu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-71648-6

0-429-23206-3

1-134-71649-4

1-280-04662-7

9786610046621

0-203-44486-8

0-203-27461-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific business ; ; 5

Disciplina

338/.04/095125

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship - China - Hong Kong

Industrial management - China - Hong Kong

Hong Kong (China) Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF HONG KONG; 2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.