This paper has two major objectives. The first objective intends to answer the following question which is of significant interest to information system (IS) researchers and practitioners: How does user satisfaction (satisfaction) respond to changes in system use and system attributes? The...

The kiwifruit industry is one of the dominant agricultural industries in Sichuan province．A kiwifruit industrial zone with Cangxi county，Dujiangyan city，Shifang city，Pengzhou city，Pujiang county，Qionglai city and Dayi county as the core；An county，Beichuan...

This paper presents and analyzes comparative data on 2,343 foreign-owned organizations operating in the transitional economies of China, Viet Nam and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Specifically, it compares the extent, sectoral distribution, characteristics and performance of...

Outward FDI does not necessarily reduce domestic employment – it often boosts it. Evidence from Japanese MNEs show that they increase domestic employment in Japan when they conduct market-seeking, strategic asset-seeking, or efficiency-seeking FDI to expand domestic operations into foreign...

Learning is a key component of firm upgrades in emerging economies, and China is noexception. Studies have identified two critical mechanisms that facilitate learning: 1)connections with supportive local governments that enhance access to resources or publiclyfunded knowledge and 2) connections...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between firm resources and performance. We divide firm resources into two types: primary resources and support resources. Primary resources include technological assets and reconfiguration capabilities, which directly contribute to a...