Entrepreneurship in International Business (New Horizons in International Business series)

Product Description When entrepreneurs and their companies extend operations to become transnational corporations, they enter into business environments that are very different to those in their country of origin. This book sheds new light on international entrepreneurs and the role they play in transnational corporations. The author develops an institutional perspective on entrepreneurship in international business which is then applied to empirical research on transnational corporations. He shows how significant variations in the institutional structures of the country of origin can explain variations in the behaviour of entrepreneurs engaged in transnational ventures. Entrepreneurship in International Business shows how transnational business networks can facilitate the success of cross border business operation. It includes new empirical data from two large-scale studies of over 300 transnational corporations from Hong Kong and Singapore, and over 120 of their foreign affiliates in Asia. The book makes a major contribution to our understanding of entrepreneurship, transnational business and the role of international networks in South East Asia. About the Author Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Professor of Economic Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore