1. Introduction : the Chinese context -- 2. Institutional changes, stakeholder salience, and network-based strategies -- 3. Political strategies of foreign entrants in the transitional period -- 4. Social embeddedness and financial ambidexterity of small and micro firms -- 5. Adaptation and...

Data from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED) are used to study the role that financial resources and human capital play in an individual's decision to become an entrepreneur. Following areview of the literature on personal financial resources (such as householdincome and wealth)...