Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Hong Kong

Taylor & Francis

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. > This is the first systematic study of the nature, operation and contribution of entrepreneurship to the growth of Hong Kong. From a new entrepreneurial perspective of economic development, the author argues that the success of Hong Kong is attributable principally to adaptive entrepreneurship: product imitation; small scale enterprise; subcontracting and spatial arbitrage. > List of figures, List of table, Preface and acknowledgements, 1 THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF HONG KONG: A SEARCH FOR AN EXPLANATION, 2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK, 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 Ix