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- Title
EXAMINING ADAPTATION STRATEGIES OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS IN CHINA: THE CASE OF GUANGDONG.
- Authors
ADO, ABDOULKADRE; CHRYSOSTOME, ELIE; SU, ZHAN
- Abstract
This paper examines how sub-Saharan Africans do business in China, particularly in the province of Guangdong. Through a qualitative approach, the paper analyzes data obtained from twenty interviews with sub-Saharan Africans. It's a descriptive study that explores the strategies, tactics and attitudes adopted by those sub-Saharan Africans to cope with a particularly difficult Chinese business environment. Using the concepts of foreignness and adaptation, the study identified four categories of immigrant entrepreneurs: the assimilators, the conservatives, the adventurers and the cautious. Concomitantly, this research identified factors and skills that contributed significantly to immigrants' success in China. The paper also underlines challenges sub-Saharan Africans still face in China and the unconventional tactics they use. The study represents an insightful exploration of an increasingly important subject but still under-studied. It calls for a thorough research toward the understanding of African businesses in China.
- Subjects
SOCIAL adjustment; IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION &; immigration; BUSINESSPEOPLE -- Social aspects; EMIGRATION &; immigration in China
- Publication
Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 2016, Vol 21, Issue 4, p-1
- ISSN
1084-9467
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S1084946716500278