/methodology/approach – The paper starts with a discussion of the importance of inter‐firm relationships in China and how there currently exists … Chinese market. Practical implications – Joint ventures in China continue to experience high failure rates. Failure to nurture … contribution to the management literature on China. Originality/value – Whereas many researchers have studied financial and non …

Purpose – Guanxi has been well documented as being an essential part of doing business in China. Yet, as China … venture perspective, this study seeks to examine the strategic importance of guanxi when doing business in China. Design … business in China, a number of factors indicate that this importance may begin to decline. These include China's market …

independent pharmacies, out of hundreds of outlets in a capital city in China to test hypotheses. By using factor analysis and …

Compares the economic history of china and Europe over the past 2,000 years in an attempt to understand the countries …’ present economic positions. Discusses how China’s political and economic system impeded the development of a commodity economy … and led to the development of agriculture while Europe’s commodity economy fostered the advancement of science and …

on how one medium‐sized European company, Nutrexpa SA, has successfully set up and developed a joint venture in China.  …

The recent handing over of Hong Kong to China was an important landmark in British history. One might question, however … attention to focusing on new opportunities in rapidly expanding South‐East Asian markets and indeed China. Hong Kong now with … its attachments to China will be focusing more on Europe as a whole and trying to gain access to the single European …

The objective of this study is to describe financial management practices in China by means of a qualitative, case …

It is argued that the evolution of trade between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the European Union (EU) falls … levels with political considerations re‐emerging, China being kept at arm’s length by GATT/WTO and the EU restraining trade …