Growth mechanism for cluster entrepreneurship of peasant households: Three cases in the Chinese forest zone
Abstract
Purpose
The purposes of this paper are to explore how the cluster entrepreneurship of peasant households in the Chinese forest zone develops, and to analyze how the influence of kinship and geopolitical relations can effectively construct a mechanism for the growth of cluster entrepreneurship.
Design/methodology/approach
The case study method was chosen to analyze the growth process of this cluster entrepreneurship (e.g. raising chickens in Zhenghe, planting tea in Anxi and cultivating fruit in Taizhou).
Findings
The authors found that the trust, learning and driving mechanisms of cluster entrepreneurship were influenced by kinship and geopolitical relationships, and were included in the building of the growth mechanism of such cluster entrepreneurship, as has emerged. Further, in the building of this evolution mechanism, three paths of growth were found: financial support, the introduction of technology and the introduction of management.
Originality/value
This paper enriches the understanding of how cluster entrepreneurship develops in the socioeconomic environment of the Chinese forest zone, with particular reference to kinship and geopolitical relations, and how these contribute to the growth mechanism of cluster entrepreneurship, which is important for the management of entrepreneurial activities in that habitat.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank Professor Foo Check Teck, Lin Song and their reviewers for helpful comments on the draft of the manuscript. They also express thanks for the support of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JGTD2013-04), the National Social Science Fund (13CGL089), the Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education of China (20120014120020) and the Ministry of Education of China Humanities and Social Sciences project (12YJC790221).
Citation
Xue, Y. and Liu, X. (2015), "Growth mechanism for cluster entrepreneurship of peasant households: Three cases in the Chinese forest zone", Chinese Management Studies, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 221-238. https://doi.org/10.1108/CMS-03-2015-0056
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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