Embedded entrepreneurship market, culture, and micro-business in insular Southeast Asia /
"Examines the importance of cultural meaning in the creation and utilization of economic value. Based on case-studies from Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, the authors demonstrate that micro-scale entrepreneurship is intertwined with prevailing conceptions, moralities and habituatio...
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| Materialtyp: | Elektronisk E-bok |
| Språk: | engelska |
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Leiden :
Koninklijke Brill nV,
2013.
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| Serie: | Social sciences in Asia,
v. 36 |
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| Länkar: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Sammanfattning: | "Examines the importance of cultural meaning in the creation and utilization of economic value. Based on case-studies from Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, the authors demonstrate that micro-scale entrepreneurship is intertwined with prevailing conceptions, moralities and habituations in the entrepreneurs' social milieu. More specifically, the volume argues that meaning-making is integral to economic opportunity; that economic actors' market agency is shaped by cultural experiences; that entrepreneurs' prototypical "individualism" is socially contingent; and that cultural meanings channel economic value among economic and social domains. Addressing core questions about "embedding", the authors suggest theoretical convergences between economic anthropology and economic sociology"-- |
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| Fysisk beskrivning: | x, 328 p. |
| Bibliografi: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISSN: | 1567-2794 ; |