This study traces the changes in organizationalenvironment and firm strategies that have taken place in China since theimplementation of economic reforms in 1978. Data from a 1990 survey of 55state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the electronics industry, and from a 2002survey of 104 electronics...

The strategic fit paradigm, originally derived from observations in market-based economies, asserts that an appropriate match between environment and strategy has significant and positive implications for business performance. Based on a random sample of Chinese electronics firms, this study...

Since most researchers use the terms “culture” and “nation” interchangeably, the majority of empirical cross-cultural studies aiming to isolate the role of culture tend to be cross-national studies that are confounded with the influence of the national environment. This study employs a...

Entrepreneurship has been gaining increasing respect from the research community as a field of scholarly study as well as practical application worldwide as a means to achieve wealth creation and personal fulfillment. Yet, entrepreneurship, as a theoretical construct and practical phenomenon,...

In this study, a staged model is developed to examine the changes in organizational environment and firm strategic adaptations in the last 24 years in China. The study found that compared with 1990, in 2002, the business environment in China has become more conducive to entrepreneurial...