Entrepreneurship and Delocalisation in Cameroon: The Roles of Professionals of the Diaspora

Abstract

Purpose – The paper investigates the roles played by East Asians professionals in the United States and Europe during the 1960s and 1970s in promoting delocalization and entrepreneurship in their respective countries.

Design/methodology/approach – The approach used to collect data was written empirical research conducted by East Asians governments and professional on the East Asian miracle on development. Questionnaires and interviews of some Chinese, Indonesians, Taiwanese and Japanese officials assisted in the compilation of secondary data.

Findings – The paper demonstrates the important role played by East Asians professionals through quality circles and reverse brain policies in promoting delocalization and entrepreneurship in East Asia. The research also found that East Asian governments played a facilitator role in easing delocalization.

Originality/value – This paper has proposed the roadmap followed by East Asians professionals based in North America and Europe in promoting delocalization and entrepreneurship in their homelands. The paper provides a framework for an effective and efficient duplication of the East Asian roadmap for delocalization in the Cameroonian context.

Limitations – The paper denotes the issue of culture differences between Asians and Cameroonians that may hamper the implementation of these policies in Cameroon.

Keywords: Delocalization, Entrepreneurship, Employment, Cameroon, East Asia, China, Japan, Professionals, Reverse Brain