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Are the Chinese in Africa More Innovative than the Africans? Comparing Chinese and Nigerian Entrepreneurial Migrants' Cultures of Innovation
Kohnert, Dirk - 2010
The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from established African entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive sociocultural traits or whether the Chinese's supposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293531
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The Effect of Environmental Innovation on Employment Level : Evidence from China's Manufacturing Industries
Pawłowski, Artur - 2017
This paper examines the effect of environmental innovation on employment level, using an industry-level panel dataset … for the 2001-2010 period in China. Empirical results show that environmental process innovation has a positive effect on … employment, but with a time lag. Furthermore, the relationship between environmental innovation and employment is heterogeneous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962366
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A Conceptual Framework for Business Model Innovation : The Case of Electric Vehicles in China
Shao, Luning - 2014
ICEs and promote the diffusion of EVs, Business model (BM) innovation is necessary. However, BM innovation for EVs still … proposing a two-phase conceptual frame-work for BM innovation of EVs. The case of Shenzhen City, China is studied to illustrate … in BM innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049354
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Race to the Future: Innovations in Gifted and Enrichment Education in Asia, and Implications for the United States
Ibata-Arens, Kathryn C. - In: Administrative Sciences 2 (2012) 1, pp. 1-25
How are Asian countries preparing children to have skills—including creativity, innovation, and technical capability … education policy and practice into a key component of national innovation strategies: human capital development. Asian countries … are developing an emphasis on innovation and creativity at all levels of education, while the United States continues (via …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393784
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Are the Chinese in Africa More Innovative than the Africans? Comparing Chinese and Nigerian Entrepreneurial Migrants’ Cultures of Innovation
Kohnert, Dirk - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2010
The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from established African entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive sociocultural traits or whether the Chinese's supposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009251299
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Innovation, Institutions, and Social Change in Peer-to-Peer Lending : Evidence from China
Cosgrove, Daniel; Chowdhury, Imran - 2021
In this chapter, we focus on the development of the peer-to-peer (“P2P”) lending industry in China. As a modern borrowing platform, peer-to-peer lending allows clients to obtain funding from peer lenders for a multitude of loan purposes, including credit consolidation, personal purchases,...
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Do major customers encourage innovative sustainable development? Empirical evidence from corporate green innovation in China
Huang, Chang; Chang, Xiao; Wang, Yang; Li, Nicolas - 2022
This paper examines the impact of customer concentration on green innovation in Chinese listed firms between 2006 and … impact corporate green innovation, indicating that firms have more incentives to engage in innovative green practices to … green innovation is more pronounced in state-owned enterprises, firms located in the provinces with a high level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084311
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Drivers of Change or Cut-Throat Competitors? Challenging Cultures of Innovation of Chinese and Nigerian Migrant Entrepreneurs in West Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - 2010
The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive socio-cultural traits, or whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013142447
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Determinants of managerial values on corporate social responsibility: evidence from China
Zu, Liangrong; Song, Lina - 2008
This paper empirically investigates how Chinese executives and managers perceive and interpret corporate social responsibility (CSR), to what extent firms' productive characteristics influence managers' attitudes towards their CSR rating, and whether their values in favour of CSR are positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268597
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Growing up under Mao and Deng: On the ideological determinants of corporate policies
Liang, Hao; Wang, Rong; Zhu, Haikun - 2020
Economic activities have always been organized around certain ideologies, yet little is known about how ideology shapes corporate behavior and how it is different from other political forces. We investigate the impact of politicians' ideology on corporate policies by exploring a unique setting...
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