Survival of the Fittest: A study of the Effects of Chinese Entrepreneurship in Kenya

Okumu, CO; Dela Rama, M

Survival of the Fittest: A study of the Effects of Chinese Entrepreneurship in Kenya

Okumu, CO

Dela Rama, M

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Publisher:: ANZAM
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the 30th Annual Australian New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference : Under New Management: Innovating for Sustainable and Just Futures, 2016, pp. 1 - 15
Issue Date:: 2016-12-12

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dc.contributor.author	Okumu, CO https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5338-0420	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dela Rama, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7879-4750	en_US
dc.date	2016-12-06	en_US
dc.date.available	2016-10-01	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-12-12	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 30th Annual Australian New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference : Under New Management: Innovating for Sustainable and Just Futures, 2016, pp. 1 - 15	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780987596888	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/78720
dc.description.abstract	The increasing presence of Chinese players in the Kenyan market is indisputable. Their motivations, business acumen and how that impact on the market has raised debate in various pockets of international business scholars, observers and students (citations required). This paper applies the internationalisation of firm theory, to locate the real and actual effects of the burgeoning Chinese entrepreneurs in Kenya. Using ethnographic interviews of a significant number of Kenyan entrepreneurs the Kenyan players overwhelmingly contend that as a result of hyper competition imposed on their businesses by cheap and low quality alternatives (mainly from China), they are facing business extinction and a case of survival for the fittest.	en_US
dc.publisher	ANZAM	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 30th Annual Australian New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference : Under New Management: Innovating for Sustainable and Just Futures	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference	en_US
dc.title	Survival of the Fittest: A study of the Effects of Chinese Entrepreneurship in Kenya	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Brisbane - Australia	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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Abstract:

The increasing presence of Chinese players in the Kenyan market is indisputable. Their motivations, business acumen and how that impact on the market has raised debate in various pockets of international business scholars, observers and students (citations required). This paper applies the internationalisation of firm theory, to locate the real and actual effects of the burgeoning Chinese entrepreneurs in Kenya. Using ethnographic interviews of a significant number of Kenyan entrepreneurs the Kenyan players overwhelmingly contend that as a result of hyper competition imposed on their businesses by cheap and low quality alternatives (mainly from China), they are facing business extinction and a case of survival for the fittest.

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