On Being "Chinese Overseas"

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dc.contributor.author	Koning, Juliette	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:27:07Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:27:07Z
dc.date.issued	2006-05-04T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7392
dc.description.abstract	Two things characterize the ethnic Chinese overseas: their subjection to discrimination and their over-representation (relative to the local people in the place of destination) in self-employment and entrepreneurship (Chan Kwok-bun 2004:xiii). Much has been written on ethnic Chinese firms in Southeast Asia. A major part of the scholarly attention has gone into trying to understand and explain business success. As such the debate has for a long time, in a rather dichotomizing way, been divided into capitalist (profit maximisation) and cultural (personal relationship) explanations as the main drivers for this so-called success. Since the late 1990s the debate has entered a new phase, sometimes referred to as the "revisionist mood‿ enhancing the deconstruction and de-mystification of ethic Chinese businesses. Interestingly enough the debate has been rather quiet on issues of identity and ethnic self-representation. This is where this paper tries to fill a gap. By focusing on the role and meaning of ethnicity and religion (as identity markers) in enterprise development, leadership and management styles, and decision-making and networking I hope to contribute to a better understanding of the significance of "being Chinese overseas‿ and "New-Born Christian‿ in entrepreneurial identity. Empirical case material on several new-born Christian ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs of small and medium sized companies in Indonesia shall be used to explore this delicate relationship. The overtly non-Christian socio-political domination and the contested citizenship position of ethnic Chinese in parts of the region shall be features of the necessary contextual discussion. Keywords: Ethnic Chinese, Indonesia, Entrepreneurship, New Order, Chineseness.	en_US
dc.format.extent	38 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Copenhagen Discussion Papers;2006-005	en_US
dc.title	On Being "Chinese Overseas"	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt06maj04 mielmo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Asia Research Centre	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	ARC	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Asia Research Centre	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	ARC	en_US
dc.description.notes	Paper presented at the inaugural international workshop ‘ChinaWorld’ on 10-11 March 2006 at Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School	en_US
dc.idnumber	x656520050	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2006	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	The Case of Chinese Indonesian Entrepreneurs	en_US