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| Author: | Kaarst-Brown, M.L. Wang, C. |
| Title: | Doing business in paradise: how small, information intensive firms cope with uncertain infrastructure in a developing island nation (TCI) |
| Journal: | Journal of Global Information Management
2003 : OCT-DEC, VOL.11:4, p. 37-57 |
| Index terms: | Cross-cultural studies Culture Developing countries Information technology Small business Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Findings from a case study of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in the British West Indies area of the Caribbean are presented in this paper. TCI is a tax haven that has worked to attract offshore financial companies such as trust companies, insurance and financial management companies. All of these companies qualify as "information intensive", are small in size, engage in business on a global basis, and yet must compete while dealing with local infrastructure challenges. TCI is presented as the developmental context in which small businesses, largely owned or managed by foreigners from other cultures, must interpret and cope with national infrastructure challenges in this very small, young and rapidly growing island nation. |
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