ABSTRACT
Ethnic businesses have drawn considerable attention in recent decades (Kloosterman and Rath 2000). As Light and Rosenstein (1995) suggested, the resurgent interest is partly a reflection of the growing self-employment rate and partly due to the increase in immigrant populations in various countries. In this concluding chapter, our aim is to discuss all the chapters in this volume about Chinese business in different countries and cities by situating the findings in the literature on ethnic business. We will highlight the contributions of the chapters to the topic. At the same time, drawing from the findings of these chapters, we would like to outline a few central theoretical issues related to ethnic businesses. Given that the chapters focus on the Chinese population, we realize that generalization of the findings to other groups should be done with caution. Nevertheless, we believe that these chapters shed light on important issues in the field, and that they have extended the boundaries of understanding ethnic business. We also discuss the implications of the findings for the study of Chinese businesses.
