‐tech firms in China confirm the validity of the framework and afford various insights on the role of various contingent factors …

Purpose – The Northeast of the People's Republic of China is now termed the “rustbelt” of the country: there is a need … to reform and restructure enterprises in the region. China's major industrialization is underway elsewhere, with … China – Dalian, Changchun and 1Harbin. The empirical results are complemented with official statistics and other government …

Purpose – The climate for technical innovation has been improving in the past few years in China. This paper describes …” companies (complexity absorption versus reduction). The considered cases are embedded in the institutional setting of China in … customer/end‐user) on the openness of the SOEs and their use of innovation mechanisms in China, the largest socialist system of …

technologically oriented performance in technologically oriented businesses in mainland China and Japan. Design …/methodology/approach – Data was collected from 262 employees in mainland China and 236 employees in Japan pertaining to their service and … in both samples, although the structures were not consistent across the two countries. In China, the seven dimensions …

Purpose – China is passing through transformational change from membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and … to OD in China based on action research perspectives may be particularly suitable to helping Chinese organisations deal …. Originality/value – Suggests that action research/action learning approaches are particularly useful in China to transfer …

was used for this study. Owing to the difficulties of covering huge geographic areas in China, the two largest and modern … products manufacturers who in particular are interested in high technology business in mainland China.  …

academic researchers interested in China's privatisation programme. Practical implications – The research has practical … implications for companies outside China that are considering collaborative operations with Chinese companies or investing in joint … in China's chemical sector. Value is derived from understanding the basis of improved performance in the companies …

literature reviews and the structured survey data in Jiangsu, Henan and Xinjiang, China. Design/methodology/approach – Structured …

Purpose – This paper aims to consolidate prior research from policy and management domains to identify stages in China … of China's technological learning: the government's strategic priority, nature of technology, the mode and the source of … systematic analysis on the evolution of China's technology development. This five stage‐based framework will help practicing …