Asian Entrepreneurship

Léo-Paul Dana is Professor at Dalhousie University, and at Montpellier Business School. He is also affiliated with Kingston University. A graduate of McGill University and HEC-Montreal, he served as Marie Curie Fellow at the Princeton University Department of Sociology, and Visiting Professor at INSEAD.  He has published extensively in a variety of journals including: Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice; International Business Review; International Small Business Journal; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Small Business Management; Journal of World Business; Small Business Economics; and Technological Forecasting & Social Change.

A great collection of articles on entrepreneurship on Asia that provides readers with one of the single best resources on key drivers on Asian economic growth.  From analyzing the impact of middle class  female entrepreneurs in Japan, to the role of family-owned businesses in China, to technological change in Taiwan and Singapore, this is a great series on the critical role entrepreneurship plays in the health of economies.

• VOLUME ONE: CONTEXTUAL ISSUES Part One: Culture & TraditionsSmall Business in a Non-Entrepreneurial Society - Leo Paul DanaSmall Business in Xinjiang - Leo Paul DanaChinese Entrepreneurship in a Cultural and Economic Perspective - Alina M. Zapalska and Will EdwardsEntrepreneurial Orientation among the Youth of India: The Impact of Culture, Education and Environment - Nancy Levenburg and Thomas V. SchwarzEntrepreneurial Capital, Social Values and Islamic Traditions: Exploring the Growth of Women-Owned Enterprises in Pakistan - Muhammad Azam RoomiPart Two: Gender & FamilyIsraeli Women Entrepreneurs: An Examination of Factors Affecting Performance - Miri Lerner, Candida Brush and Robert HisrichFemale Business Owners in Singapore and Elsewhere: A Review of Studies - Ramin Cooper Maysami and Valerie Priscilla GobyEntrepreneurship in China: Characteristics, Attributes, and Family Forces Shaping the Emerging Private Sector - David Pistrui et al.Women Entrepreneurship in Asian Developing Countries: Their Development and Main Constraints - Tulus TambunanImpact of Women’s Home-based Enterprise on Family Dynamics: Evidence from Jordan - Haya Al-Dajani and Susan MarlowHow Effective Is Government Support for Korean Women Entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Enterprises? - John Ha Lee, So Young Sohn and Yong Han JuWhat the Numbers Tell: The Impact of Human, Family and Financial Capital on Women and Men’s Entry into Entrepreneurship in Turkey - Dilek Cetindamar et al.Market Orientation and Entrepreneurship in Chinese Family Business: A Socialisation View - Henry X. Shi and Leo-Paul DanaWomen’s Empowerment and Micro-Entrepreneurship in India: Constructing a New Development Paradigm? - Maria Costanza Torri and Andrea MartinezEmergent Identity Work and Institutional Change: The ‘Quiet’ Revolution of Japanese Middle-Class Housewives - Aegean Leung, Charlene Zietsma and Ana Maria PeredoVOLUME TWO: HUMAN CAPITALPart Three: EducationTraining Needs of the Small Enterprise Sector in Asian Countries - Robert NelsonEntrepreneurial Development Programmes: The Malaysian Experience - Chee Peng LimEntrepreneurship Education in Bangladesh: A Beginning - Lee C. NehrtThe Education and Training of Entrepreneurs in Asia - Leo Paul DanaEntrepreneurship Education in China - Jun Li, Yuli Zhang and Harry MatlayInfluences on Students Attitudes toward Entrepreneurship: A Multi-country Study - Sang M. Lee et al.Towards Enhancing Entrepreneurship Development in Oman - Golam Mostafa Khan and Darwish AlmoharbyEducation and Entrepreneurial Activity: A Comparison of White and South Asian Men - Piers Thompson, Dylan Jones-Evans and Caleb C.Y. KwongEntrepreneurship Education in Japanese Universities – How Do We Train for Risk Taking in a Culture of Risk Adverseness? - Teruo Shinato, Katsuyuki Kamei and Leo-Paul DanaAre We Committed to Teach Entrepreneurship in Business School? An Empirical Analysis of Lecturers in India, Singapore and Malaysia - Rohit H. TrivediPart Four: Production of Economic ValueFinance and Performance of Small Manufacturing Firms in Singapore - Ch’ng Hak Kee and Chang Zeph-YunFinancial Analysis of Palestinian Industry Including Small Scale Firms - Nidal Rashid SabriQuality Management by Small Manufacturers in Korea: An Explanatory Study - AnonThe Changing Competitiveness of Taiwan’s Manufacturing SMEs - Ming-Wen Hu and Chi SchiveAn Analysis of Growth Stages in Small Firms: A Case Study of Automobile Ancillaries in India - Reshmi Mitra and Venugopal PingaliThe Dynamics of Limited Breaking Out: The Case of the Arab Manufacturing Businesses in Israel - Israel Drori and Miri LernerDeterminants of Innovative Activity in Japanese Technology-based Start-up Firms - Michael LynskeyStories and the Discursive Dynamics of Institutional Entrepreneurship: The Case of Israeli High-tech after the Bubble - Tammar B. ZilberStory-Branding by Empire Entrepreneurs: Nike, Child Labour, and Pakistan’s Soccer Ball Industry - David M. Boje and Farzad R. KhanIndia Shining? A Two-Wave Study of Business Constraints upon Micro and Small Manufacturing Firms in India - Shobha S. Das and Amit DasVOLUME THREE: EXTERNAL SUPPORT Part Five: Networks, Clusters & Other LinkagesInter-Firm Scalar Linkage in India: A Class within the Small Scale Industry - Amita ShahCollective Dynamism and Firm Strategy: Study of an Indian Industrial Cluster - Keshabananda DasSmall but Not Independent: SMEs in Japan - Leo Paul DanaJapanese SMEs and Independence: A Different View - David F. EvansManufacturing Strategies of Network-based Small Firms: Observations on the Textile Industry in Taiwan - Wen-Hsien ChenInnovation, Networking and the New Industrial Clusters: The Characteristics of Networks and Local Innovation Capabilities in the Turkish Industrial Clusters - Ayda Eraydin and Bilge Armatli-KörogluDeveloping of Rural Manufacturing SME Clusters in a Developing Country: The Indonesian Case - Tulus TambunanNetwork Dynamics and New Ventures in China: A Longitudinal Study - Bat BatjargalBusiness Owners’ Network Size and Business Growth in China: The Role of Comprehensive Social Competency - Xiang-yang ZhaoCreative Industry Clusters’ and the ‘Entrepreneurial City’ of Shanghai - Jane ZhengPart Six: Policy & AssistanceA Marxist Mini-Dragon? Entrepreneurship in Today’s Vietnam - Leo Paul DanaThe Importance of Support Services to Small Enterprise in Bangladesh - Jahangir Hossain Sarder, Dipak Ghosh and Peter RosaSmall Business as a Supplement in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) - Leo Paul DanaSmall Business in Israel - Leo Paul DanaCreating Entrepreneurs in India - Leo Paul DanaGovernment Assistance for the Small Retailer: The Case of Singapore - Loo-Lee SimSmall and Medium Enterprises in Korea: Achievements, Constraints and Policy Issues - Jeffrey B. Nugent and Seung-Jae YheeMeasuring the Effectiveness of Credit Guarantee Schemes: Evidence from Malaysia - Grahame Boocock and Mohd Noor Mohd ShariffExamining the Impact of New Policy Facilitating SME Succession in Japan: From a Viewpoint of Risk Management in Family Business - Katsuyuki Kamei and Leo-Paul DanaBenefits of a Registration Policy for Microenterprise Performance in India - Smriti SharmaVOLUME FOUR: INTERNATIONALISATION Part Seven: International ActivitiesSmall and Medium-Sized Japanese Joint Ventures in Korea - Jinjoo Lee and Young-suk HyunExport Behaviour of Small Firms in Singapore - Wong Kwei Cheong and Kwan Wai ChongExport Behaviour and Attitudes of Small- and Medium-Sized Korean Manufacturing Firms - K. Mark Weaver and Jong-moo PakDeciding to Export: An Exploratory Study of Singaporean Entrepreneurs - Leo Paul Dana, Robert T. Hamilton and Kirsten WickInternationalization and Alliance Formation: Evidence from Turkish SMEs - Mehmet Ali Ulubasoglu, Muhammet Akdis and Sabahat Bayrak KökThe Moderating Effects of Home Region Orientation on R&D Investment and International SME Performance: Lessons from Korea - Hyeock Lee and Matthew R. MarvelIndustry Structure Characteristics and International Entrepreneurship in India’s Software Industry - Sumit K. Majumdar, Davina Vora and Ashok K. NagThe Influence of Networking on the Internationalization of SMEs: Evidence from Internationalized Chinese Firms - Yee Kwan TangFootloose and Fancy-Free: Sojourning Entrepreneurs in China - Tamar Almor and Orly YeheskelChinese Private Firms and Internationalization: Effects of Family Involvement in Management and Family Ownership - Xiaoya Liang, Lihua Wang and Zhiyu CuiPart Eight: Asian Expatriates & ReturneesSurvival Rates of Asian and White Retailers - David McEvoy and Howard AldrichBoomerang Entrepreneurs Journal of Small Business Management - Leo Paul DanaImmigrant Entrepreneurship and Business Patterns: A Comparison of Koreans and Iranians in Los Angeles - Pyong Gap Min and Mehdi BozorgmehrImmigrant Place Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, 1970-99 - Ivan LightFocusing on Focus Groups: Lessons from a Research Project Involving a Bangladeshi Community - Grahame Fallon and Reva Berman BrownChanging Cultures: An International Study of Migrant Entrepreneurs - Robert Hamilton, Leo-Paul Dana and Camilla BenfellReligious Institutions and Ethnic Entrepreneurship: The Korean Ethnic Church as a Small Business Incubator - Hyunsun ChoiThe Role of (Transnational) Social Capital in the Start-up Processes of Immigrant Businesses: The Case of Chinese and Turkish Restaurant Businesses in Finland - Saija Katila and Östen WahlbeckHistoricizing the ‘Ethnic’ in Ethnic Entrepreneurship: The Case of the Ethnic Chinese in Bangkok - Juliette Konig and Michiel VerverA Cultural Crossroads at the ′′Bloody Angle”: The Chinatown Tongs and the Development of New York City’s Chinese American Community - Michelle ChenVOLUME FIVE: NICHE ARTICLES Part Nine: Special TopicsThe Sari-Sari Store: Informal Retailing in the Philippines - Kuang-Jung ChenChange, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation in the Republic of Kazakhstan - Leo Paul DanaThe Rugged Entrepreneurs of Iran’s Small-Scale Mining - Hamid Etemad and Kamaleddin S. SalmasiSustainable Development in the Maldives - Leo-Paul DanaThe Impact of Planning and Control Sophistication on Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Evidence from Sri Lanka - Hema Wijewardena et al.Influences on the Survival and Failure of Small Firms in Malaysia - Graham Hall and Kalsom Abd. WahabThe Development of Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises and Human Resource Management: A Review - Li Xue Cunningham and Chris RowleyWhich Entrepreneurs Bribe and What Do They Get from It? Exploratory Evidence from Vietnam - Gjalt de Jong, Phan Anh Tu and Hans van EesCredit-worthiness of a Borrower and the Selection Process in Micro-finance: A Case Study from the Urban Slums of India - Sohini PaulTransformative Subsistence Entrepreneurship: A Study in India - Srinivas Sridharan et al.Part Ten: Comparative StudiesIndustrial Development Efforts in Malaysia and Singapore - Leo Paul DanaThe Dynamics of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Korea and Other Asian NIEs - Philippe RegnierThe Development of Entrepreneurship in Macao and Hong Kong: A Comparative Study - Leo Paul DanaPolicy Interventions for Industrial Network Formation: Contrasting Historical Underpinnings of the Small Business Policy in Japan and the United States - Yuko AoyamaA Comparison of Determinants for Business Start-Up in the U.S. and Korea - Sang Suk LeeThe Relation of Partner Entrepreneurial Characteristics to Strategic Alliance: A Comparative US-China Study - Robert Mockler, Dorothy G. Dologite and Marc E. GartenfeldAn Institutional Analysis of Marketing Practices of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan - Wai-Sum SiuCross-Cultural Similarities and Differences in Characteristics Attributed to Entrepreneurs: A Three-Nation Study - Vishal Gupta and Cheryl FernandezVarieties of Export-oriented Entrepreneurship in Asia - Siri Terjesen and Jolanda HesselsDirect Ties, Prior Knowledge, and Entrepreneurial Resource Acquisitions in China and Singapore - Jing Zhang, Pek-Hooi Soh and Poh-kam Wong