Michael Jacobsen is Associate Professor in the Department of International Economics and Management at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

"Jakobsen's volume makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of how ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs navigate in a specific global-local nexus and adds value to IB theories. This book is highly recommendable for scholars and students of Chinese business and IB studies." - Chin Yee Whah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Journal of Southeast Asian Economies

• Introduction Part I: The Global Context 1. Visualising the Global Economy 2. Employing an International Business Approach when studying the Triangular Matrix of Glocalisation Part II: The Regional Context 3. The Malaysian State and Economy in the Southeast Asian Region 4. Towards an Understanding of Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia Part III: The Local Context 5. ‘Divided thou shall be’: Understanding Ethnic Divisions in Malaysia 6. Ethnic Chinese Entrepreneurship in Penang 7. Navigating the Socio-Economic Landscape in Penang: Three Case Studies Part IV: The Glocalisation of Context 8. On Constructing an Etic and Emic Approach when Employing International Business Theories on Ethnic Chinese Business Practices

Michael Jacobsen is Associate Professor in the Department of International Economics and Management at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

"Jakobsen's volume makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of how ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs navigate in a specific global-local nexus and adds value to IB theories. This book is highly recommendable for scholars and students of Chinese business and IB studies." - Chin Yee Whah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Journal of Southeast Asian Economies

• Introduction Part I: The Global Context 1. Visualising the Global Economy 2. Employing an International Business Approach when studying the Triangular Matrix of Glocalisation Part II: The Regional Context 3. The Malaysian State and Economy in the Southeast Asian Region 4. Towards an Understanding of Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia Part III: The Local Context 5. ‘Divided thou shall be’: Understanding Ethnic Divisions in Malaysia 6. Ethnic Chinese Entrepreneurship in Penang 7. Navigating the Socio-Economic Landscape in Penang: Three Case Studies Part IV: The Glocalisation of Context 8. On Constructing an Etic and Emic Approach when Employing International Business Theories on Ethnic Chinese Business Practices

Michael Jacobsen is Associate Professor in the Department of International Economics and Management at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

"Jakobsen's volume makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of how ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs navigate in a specific global-local nexus and adds value to IB theories. This book is highly recommendable for scholars and students of Chinese business and IB studies." - Chin Yee Whah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Journal of Southeast Asian Economies

• Introduction Part I: The Global Context 1. Visualising the Global Economy 2. Employing an International Business Approach when studying the Triangular Matrix of Glocalisation Part II: The Regional Context 3. The Malaysian State and Economy in the Southeast Asian Region 4. Towards an Understanding of Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia Part III: The Local Context 5. ‘Divided thou shall be’: Understanding Ethnic Divisions in Malaysia 6. Ethnic Chinese Entrepreneurship in Penang 7. Navigating the Socio-Economic Landscape in Penang: Three Case Studies Part IV: The Glocalisation of Context 8. On Constructing an Etic and Emic Approach when Employing International Business Theories on Ethnic Chinese Business Practices