Des immigrants entrepreneurs ou entreprenants ? La petite entreprise chinoise en France

Abstract

Immigration and Entrepreneurship : the Chiese Small Business in France. This paper gives a brief overview of a field work led in Paris among the Chinese community ; the survey was a test of whether there is something like a «Chinese ethic» which could explain a so-called «Chinese spirit of capitalism». To put it in more humble and at the same time more operational terms, this survey was an attempt to examine whether the vitality of overseas Chinese communities in southeast Asia, in Paris, as well as in Taiwan ... arises as a result of a pro-business culture or of socio-economic opportunities. The paper mainly focuses on the social meaning and economic importance of the Chinese entrepreneurship in France and describes the actual motivations of such enterprises.