Vietnamese Business Enclaves on the Czech-German and Czech-Austrian Borders
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F25%3A10507732" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/25:10507732 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89125-0_6" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89125-0_6</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89125-0_6" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-031-89125-0_6</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Vietnamese Business Enclaves on the Czech-German and Czech-Austrian Borders
Original language description
This chapter examines the development of Vietnamese entrepreneurship in rural and peripheral areas of the Czech-Austrian and Czech-German border regions, where thousands of Vietnamese migrants have settled. Based on longitudinal research conducted in the Czech border regions from 2017 to 2024, the chapter explores the factors influencing the growth of Vietnamese businesses and the subsequent formation and internal dynamics of ethnic business enclaves. It investigates, in particular, the impact of historical context, peripherality, and economic asymmetry-characterized by lower costs on the Czech side and higher purchasing power on the German-speaking side. The chapter argues that the peripheral nature of the borders and economic asymmetry were key catalysts for the development of Vietnamese businesses. This peripherality provided Vietnamese entrepreneurs with a niche in the globalized market, free from significant competition from supermarkets and shopping malls. The border regions, largely overlooked by investors and international retail corporations until the mid-2000s, allowed Vietnamese businesses to thrive and remain competitive. Additionally, the focus on German-speaking customers enabled higher profits compared to operating in the Czech interior. Lastly, the peripheral nature of the borders led to an outflow of locals and thus to the increased availability of real estate, which Vietnamese entrepreneurs could acquire at advantageous prices, further investing in their business development.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-06818S" target="_blank" >GA21-06818S: Migrant integration in non-metropolitan areas at individual, diasporic and institutional levels. Vietnamese settled in the Czech borderlands.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Vietnamese Diasporas along the Former Iron Curtain: From Builders of Socialism to Builders of Capitalism
ISBN
978-3-031-89124-3
Number of pages of the result
32
Pages from-to
127-158
Number of pages of the book
222
Publisher name
Palgrave Macmillan
Place of publication
Cham
UT code for WoS chapter
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