Chinese entrepreneurs increasingly start businesses in Africa, even though it is one of the poorest continents in the world. This research aims to find out the reasons and the motivations for Chinese entrepreneurship start-ups in Africa. According to previous study, a model is developed. This model contains economic and social motivations. Through a qualitative research …
The following paper aims conducts a case study on how foreign firms are currently adapting to changes in Myanmar’s economy and successfully entering the country. A framework for analyzing business sectors in emerging countries was adopted as foundation for the research. The framework was expanded to include an analysis of the external social and economic …
This research investigates the differences in local economic development in developing and developed countries by using a model by Pennink (2014), based on local economic development (LED) in developing countries and applies it to a developing country. The findings are that multinational enterprises and their activities do not seem to play a role in LED. …
Chinese immigrants/ entrepreneurs bring new resources and capabilities, create jobs, stimulates business and development (through spillover effects). Overall positive influence, however ethnic tension can influence cooperation and well-being. The short term relationship is positive however impact of the long term presence of China is still to be questioned.
This research created a matrix to evaluate and compare social businesses. The main use of this matrix is a simple but clear graphical illustration of where different kinds of businesses strong points lie in case of value creation and what actors they use to create these values. If we compare different companies, irrelevant of the fact …
The main objective of this thesis is to test whether newly discovered natural resources in the form of an LNG project in Lindi, Tanzania turn out to be a resource blessing or a curse at the local level. The Quick Scan Model is used as a methodological tool to make an economic analysis and built …
– Though the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is vastly discussed in management literature little is known about its relation with community development at the local level. This paper makes an attempt to shed light on the current landscape of CSR activities within the automotive industry in India. Based on a multiple case study analysis …
This thesis contributes to the lacking scientific literature on the motivational values of social entrepreneurs, as well as to the newly arising literature on New Business Models. Through interviews with multiple support organizations, social entrepreneurs’ main motivational values are derived and mapped, then visualized within the Schwartz structure of human motivational value types. Furthermore, the …