Purpose: Drawing from industrial upgrading theories, this study aims to explore the issues of industrial upgrading and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) development in an emerging market – China. Design/methodology/approach: A contextual stepwise approach is undertaken by applying...

This exploratory, comparative study considerssimilarities and differences of new product development (NPD) strategies ofChinese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.Specifically, it seeks to assess the interplay of government intervention,manufacturing systems, and...

Specific factors that affect the marketing practices of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan is studied. Data were collected utilizing a narrative method and content analysis approach on 391 published news stories about entrepreneurs in China, Hong Kong, and...

Entrepreneurship researchers point to the lack of any substantial assessment of the state of research into entrepreneurship in regions other than North America. Thus, to advance entrepreneurship research and build an indigenous model, this paper attempts to explain Yuan or external locus of...