Purpose – Since the Chinese government implemented its reform and open‐up policies in 1978 many western management accounting concepts and techniques have been introduced into China. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Chinese management accountants have coped with the changes in...

Purpose – Investigating the characteristics of the transformation of China's agricultural growth and the institutional reforms during the whole transition period in the 1980s will help to understand China's economic and agricultural reform and offer some successful experiences to other...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to discuss the risks to a company that fails to understand and respect its social contract. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a viewpoint on the “ethical blowback”. Findings – The paper argues that two forces that are now...

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to review the progressive development in bilateral trade and investments between China and the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1970. China's economic reform has served as a great incentive for ASEAN countries to engage in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact on the new federal wage fixing system on gender pay equity in Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The article is divided into four parts. The first section briefly examines the policy approach to the issue of gender pay equity...

Purpose – The paper aims to explore the impact of economic transformation on employment relations and the effect on the role and behaviour of unions and employers' organizations in Zambia. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a review of existing studies on economic and political...

China has had an exceptional growth performance during the last quarter century, as a result of the successful economic reforms. These included an economic opening and a rapid integration in the world economy. Political reform has been less extensive than economic liberalization. But the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a survey by GLOBESCAN for Ethical Markets Media, LLC which was released at the “Beyond GDP” Conference in the European Parliament, 19‐20 November. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology is survey based. Findings –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the role of American culture in social foresight as practiced by American futurists. It also seeks to describe how American culture has been expropriated by corporate culture, which is global. Finally, the paper seeks to depict various...

Purpose – It is generally agreed that policy reforms have been more successful in China than in South Asia. The purpose of this paper is to argue that the relative success of China can be explained by the differences in initial conditions and in the design and sequencing of policies. The...