عنوان

Transnational communities :

0511778104

051190181X

0521518784

1107406161

9780511778100

9780511901812

9780521518789

9781107406162

b758551

Transnational communities :

[Book]

shaping global economic governance /

[edited by] Marie-Laure Djelic, Sigrid Quack.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

2010.

1 online resource (xxi, 422 pages) :

illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In this chapter I shall critically explore the notion and reality of a transnational Chinese community and its role in transnational business activity. Chinese businesspeople, whether of mainland or diasporic background and operating in the global economy have been constructed as a close-knit and far-flung transnational community (cf. Castells 1996C03-003;"--

"Transnational communities are social groups that emerge from mutual interaction across national boundaries, oriented around a common project or 'imagined' identity. This common project or identity is constructed and sustained through the active engagement and involvement of at least some of its members. Such communities can overlap in different ways with formal organizations but, in principle, they do not need formal organization to be sustained. This book explores the role of transnational communities in relation to the governance of business and economic activity. It does so by focusing on a wide range of empirical terrains, including discussions of the Laleli market in Istanbul, the institutionalization of private equity in Japan, the transnational movement for open content licenses, and the mobilization around environmental certification. These studies show that transnational communities can align the cognitive and normative orientations of their members over time and thereby influence emergent transnational governance arrangements"--

Transnational communities.

9780521518789

Communities.

International business enterprises.

International economic relations.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Industries-- General.

Communities.

International business enterprises.

International economic relations.

BUS-- 070000

Djelic, Marie-Laure.

Quack, Sigrid.

20201204183249.0

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