This book provides an original analysis of the economic success of Overseas Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia: The ethnically homogeneous group of Chinese middlemen is an informal, low-cost organization for the provision of club goods, e.g. contract enforcement, that are essential to...

Culture and the Individual Entrepreneur -- Introducing Entrepreneurship and Culture -- Entrepreneurial Motivations, Culture, and the Law -- The Entrepreneurial Culture: Guiding Principles of the Self-Employed -- Culture, Political Institutions and the Regulation of Entry -- Prior Knowledge and...