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Integrating the resource-based view and transaction cost economics in immigrant business performance

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This paper presents a new integrated framework that integrates the resource-based view and transaction cost economics to explain the phenomenon of immigrant entrepreneurship. We extend the existing literature on immigrant entrepreneurship by identifying different types of ethnic network resources and demonstrating how these resources interact with transaction costs in the context of Chinese immigrants. Thus, our study contributes to the literature by providing a theoretical framework which identifies mechanisms immigrant entrepreneurs use to strategically deploy resources to minimize costs and maximize performance outcomes.

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  1. “Chinese immigrants” here refers to Chinese-speaking ethnic immigrants from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

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Yang, X., Ho, E.YH. & Chang, A. Integrating the resource-based view and transaction cost economics in immigrant business performance. Asia Pac J Manag 29, 753–772 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-010-9236-2

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