Uncertainty, Learning and Error Elimination: Taiwanese Entrepreneurs in Mainland China

• Published in: Journal of Asia-Pacific business Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 248 - 270
• Main Author: Tony Yu, Fu-Lai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Binghamton Taylor & Francis Group 2008; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: China (People's Republic); Entrepreneurial process; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; food and catering industries; Food industry; Foreign business; Learning; Mainland China; Management theory; phenomenology; Problem solving; Studies; Taiwanese; Taiwanese entrepreneurs; Uncertainty; China; Taiwan

This article presents a dynamic model of the entrepreneurial process based on Weber's and Schutz's theories of human agency. It argues that human agents accumulate experience as they make sense out of their everyday business life. Experiences from everyday life are assembled into a stock o...