Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia

Emiel L. Eijdenberg is an Associate Professor and the Singapore Director of the Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA) at James Cook University, Singapore. Thirumaran K is an Associate Professor and the Academic Head of JCU Singapore Business School at James Cook University, Singapore.Pengji Wang is Associate Professor at James Cook University, Singapore.Caroline Wong is the Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching and an Associate Professor at James Cook University, Singapore.

• Chapter 1: A brief introduction to indigenous entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia.- Chapter 2: A systematic review of literature (2006 – 2022) on indigenous entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia and the world.- Chapter 3: Poverty and indigenous entrepreneurship: A case study of the Mah Meri people in Malaysia.- Chapter 4: Malay-Bumiputera halal herbs industry in the post-pandemic context: Developing SME performance through economic stimulus packages, supply chain management and internationalisation.- Chapter 5: Between assimilation and cultural pluralism for indigenous livelihood and entrepreneurship: Case of Lumad in the Philippines.- Chapter 6: Beyond entrepreneurship: The Iu Mien’s silver craft activism in Thailand.- Chapter 7: Local knowledge, indigenous entrepreneurship, and tourism business resilience: An Indonesian micro-case study.- Chapter 8: Indigenous entrepreneurship in Thailand: The case of Gaia Ashram and Lazyman Coffee.- Chapter 9: Indigenous entrepreneurship in Myanmar:The role of community-based enterprises in sustainable human development.- Chapter 10: Gender and credit access for indigenous rural self-employed businesses: A case study in Vietnam and Thailand.- Chapter 11: How does business owner’s employee-centric leadership affect SME employees’ work engagement: The mediating role of “Diuwongke”.- Chapter 12: The rise of digital technology and indigenous entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia.- Chapter 13: Reflections on contributions, inspiration for the future: Ideas for research and practice of indigenous entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia and beyond