Connective Entrepreneuring: Becoming Expatriate Entrepreneurs in Taiwan

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to gain a deeper understanding of an important but under-researched domain of expatriate entrepreneurs¡¦ lived experience. Through the phenomenological inquiry, four themes emerged from the expatriate entrepreneurs¡¦ cases in Taiwan. These research findings feature entrepreneuring as a) involving in local context, b) mediating in differing contexts, c) co-producing with the ¡§localpreneurs¡¨, and d) creating an entrepreneurial identity which contribute to entrepreneurship research. Furthermore, we propose that the expatriate entrepreneurial becoming could be understood as connective entrepreneuring, illustrating temporal, material, and social connectivity. Finally, theoretical and methodological implications, as well as potential areas for the pursuit of a wide array of further inquiries in the field of entrepreneurship, are identified.