Transnational Entrepreneurship in South East Asia: Japanese Self-Initiated Expatriate Entrepreneurs

Title

Preface

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Author Biographies

List of Tables

List of Figures

Chapter One: Perspectives on Transnational Entrepreneurship

1.1 Introduction

1.2. Positioning the Research

1.3. What is it exactly that are we exploring?

1.3.1. Entrepreneurship

1.3.2. Defining Transnational Entrepreneurship

1.4. Who is the Entrepreneur in this book?

1.4.1. Self-Initiated Expatriate Entrepreneurs

1.5. When and why is this a pertinent study?

1.6. How are we approaching transnational entrepreneurship?

1.7. The Study

Chapter Two: Entrepreneurship in the Japanese Context

2.1. Demographic Changes in Japan

2.2. Globalization and Internationalization in Japan

2.3. Government Strategy

2.4. Human Resource Management Practices in Japan

2.5. Women in Japanese Society

2.6. Entrepreneurship in Japan

2.7. Career Education in Japan

2.8. Entrepreneurship Education in Japan

2.9. Japan, Culture and Entrepreneurship

Chapter Three: Japanese Self-Initiated Expatriate Entrepreneurs in South East Asia

3.1. The Context of South East Asia

3.2. Cambodia

3.2.1. Country Context

3.2.2. Cases

3.3. Vietnam

3.3.1. Country Context

3.3.2. Cases

3.4. Myanmar

3.4.1. Country Context

3.4.2. Cases

3.5. Indonesia

3.5.1. Country Context

3.5.2. Cases

3.6. China

3.6.1. Country Context

3.6.2. Cases

3.7. Hong Kong

3.7.1. Country Context

3.7.2. Cases

3.8. Thailand

3.8.1. Country Context

3.8.2. Cases

3.9. The Philippines

3.9.1. Country Context

3.9.2. Cases

Chapter Four: Country Comparisons

4.1. General Findings

4.2. Conceptualizing Japanese Transnational Entrepreneurs in Asia.

4.2.1. Experience

4.2.1.1 Education

4.2.1.2. Workplace

4.2.1.3. Life

4.2.2. Motivation

4.2.3. Networks and Brokers

4.2.4. Knowledge

4.2.5. Mindset

4.2.6. Opportunity Recognition

4.2.7. Innovation and Creativity

4.2.8. Venture Creation and Financing

4.2.9. Identity

4.3. Self-determination theory (SDT)

4.4. Summary of Chapter Four

Chapter Five: The Future of Japanese Transnational Entrepreneurs in South East Asia

5.1. Fostering the Next Generation of Japanese SIEEs

5.1.1. New Directions for Japanese HRM

5.1.2. New Directions for Entrepreneurship Education

5.1.3. New Directions for Career Education

5.1.4. Reflections on Doing Business South East Asia

5.2. On Becoming a Self-Initiated Expatriate Entrepreneur

5.2.1. Exploration Stage

5.2.2. Exposure to overseas

5.2.3. Family and Lifestyle Choices

5.2.4. Workplace & Career Choices

5.2.5. Developing Self-Efficacy

5.2.6. Key Business Decisions

5.3. Reflections on this study

5.3.1. Methods and conceptual frameworks

5.3.2. Future research directions

5.4. Closing Remarks

Reference list

Index