Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
1006983166
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Author
Snyder, Robert B.,1972-
Title
Making our own way : influences on choice among Fort Collins Chinese restaurateurs.
Degree
M.A. -- University of Calgary, 2000
Publisher
Ottawa : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, [2001]
Description
2 microfiches
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
Interpersonal transactions made within a node on a global commodity chain provide a variety of ethnic and non-ethnic goods to Chinese restaurateurs. Tracing dynamic influences on restaurateur choice that precede commodity transactions permits us a better understanding of one way the flow of goods can change. I show that networks of co-workers, employees, friends and family influence the choices made by restaurateurs. Concurrently, the combination of quality, price and service, the costs of menu writing, the perception of good and bad customer, and the number of wholesalers competing for a limited market, add to the influences that shape restaurateur choice. By focusing on commodity chains that bring goods to Chinese restaurateurs in Fort Collins Colorado, this research draws into question previous ethnographic and theoretical discussions of Chinese entrepreneurs, urban ethnicity and the utility of global commodity chain theory in framing these issues.
ISBN
0612551725
9780612551725