ABSTRACT

The increase in richness and nuance discourse on immigrant entrepreneur study shows the scholars realization on immigrant entrepreneur is an important puzzle toward better policing of this population. In contrary, to the best of our knowledge, Taiwan to this date does not have enough academic work to uncover the conundrum of immigrant entrepreneurs in Taiwan, which posit a problematic in policing considering the almost 1 million immigrant population. This study attempts to contribute to the discussion by providing a characteristic of Indonesian immigrants in Taiwan as well as the pull and push factors from the perspective of ethnic enclave economy theory and mix embeddedness theory. Besides the demographic and general characteristics of Indonesian immigrant entrepreneurs in Taiwan, our study also provides how the human capital, the relational and structural embeddedness, low financial entry barrier for establishing business, and other factors playing a significant role in the creation and sustaining Indonesian immigrant entrepreneur in Taiwan.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Abstract i
Acknowledgement ii
Table of Content iii
List of Tables v
List of Figures vi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1. Research Background and Motivation 1
1.2. Research Questions 5
1.3. Research Objectives 6
CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW 8
2.1. Introduction to Immigrant Entrepreneurs 8
2.2. Entrepreneurship 9
2.2.1. Definition of Entrepreneurship 9
2.2.2. Conceptual Construct of Entrepreneurship 11
2.3. Immigrant Entrepreneurship Literature and Theory 12
2.3.1. Existing literature 13
2.3.2. Mixed Embeddedness Theoretical Framework 17
2.3.3. Ethnic Enclave Economy Theory 18
2.4. Immigrant Entrepreneur in Taiwan 20
2.4.1. Overview of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Taiwan 20
2.4.2. Indonesian Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Taiwan 21
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 22
3.1. Overview 22
3.2. Data Collection 22
3.3. Population and Sampling 24
3.4. Data Processing and Analysis 25
3.5. Research Limitations 25
CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 27
4.1. Profile of Interviewed Immigrants 27
4.2. Demographic Descriptive Analysis of Survey Result 28
4.3. Characteristics of Indonesian Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Taiwan 30
4.4. Push and Pull Factors of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Taiwan 35
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION 45
5.1. Discussion 45
5.2. Implication 47
5.3. Future Research 48
REFERENCES 49
APPENDICES 53

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