Close encounters: Chinese business networks as industrial catalysts in Sub‐Saharan Africa

By D. Brautigam. 2003

188 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Anthropology, Business and International Management, Development

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In Anthropology

1. Denis M. Tull
2. Xiaoyang Tang
3. Francis Owusu
4. Pádraig Carmody
5. D. Brautigam

In Business and International Management

1. Denis M. Tull
2. Francis Owusu
3. Pádraig Carmody
4. Xiaoyang Tang
5. Peter J. Buckley

In Development

1. Xiaoyang Tang
2. Denis M. Tull
3. Francis Owusu
4. Pádraig Carmody
5. D. Brautigam
6. Peter J. Buckley

Citations in the corpus

• China's engagement in Africa: scope, significance and consequences (2006, background): “…Although there is some evidence that the economic activities of Chinese entrepreneurs can make a positive contribution to local development (Bräutigam 2003), a cursory perusal of local press reports indicates that their remarkable presence also stirs significant local resentments (Alden…”
• “Going Global in Groups”: Structural Transformation and China’s Special Economic Zones Overseas (2014, background): “If this were to follow Asian experience, Chinese firms could be catalysts for local firms to move into manufactured exports, although they can also be footloose investors, moving on with only fleeting impact on manufacturing (Bräutigam, 2003; Rotunno, Vézina, & Wang, 2012).”
• Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries (2010, unknown): “([104], p.1) Brautigam (2003) studied the business networks in two countries and found important differences between them and their ability to facilitate entrepreneurship ([124]).”
• Competing hegemons? Chinese versus American geo-economic strategies in Africa (2007, background): “Chinese business networks were important in the industrial transformation of Mauritius, but in the absence of substantial Chinese migration and supportive policy environments, such networks have had a negligible impact elsewhere in Africa (Bräutigam, 2003).”
• The determinants of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (2007, background): “A number of scholars argue that ethnic and family guanxi networks constitute a firm-specific advantage for Chinese MNEs because these help to reduce the business risk and transaction costs (Sung, 1996; Braeutigam, 2003; Erdener and Shapiro, 2005) associated with the identification of business opport”
• The Impact of Chinese Investment in Africa (2010, unknown): “A profound increase in the last two decades may have been related to the shifts in the world economy, geopolitical competition, and changes in Chinese foreign policy (Brautigam, 2003).”