This study tests the explanatory power of three theoretical frameworks for the performance of cross-border affiliates, by examining the experience of 615 Hong Kong firms managing operations in mainland China. The frameworks tested are: the natural selection approach, focused on the influence of...

This book presents a comparative international analysis of the impact new technology and, more specifically, information technology is having on the most rapidly growing area of economic activity, the service sector. Based on a five year research programme of 39 organizations in Europe, USA and...

This paper develops modes of analysis for three major issues in the study of trade unions as organizations. These are, first, their distinctiveness as a discrete type of organization; secondly, the nature of their membership attachment; and thirdly, their twin rationales of representation and...