Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the early internationalization and the performance of small firms in technology‐intensive industries. Design/methodology/approach – Using a sample of 278 small US firms in technology‐intensive industries, this paper employs...

Purpose – In the past decade, Chinese enterprises have achieved superior cost advantages in the labor‐intensive industries. This paper explores the valuable resources that Chinese enterprises use to develop such advantages and the effective mechanisms they employ to sustain the advantages....

Purpose – The past decade has witnessed the growing importance of partnerships by small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Yet, despite the popularity and presumed strategic importance of partnerships, partnerships by SMEs often fail and many SMEs turn to self‐reliance operation modes....

Purpose – This study aims to identify and assess the strategies of township and village enterprises in China to capture competitive advantages. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a self‐administered questionnaire survey approach, involving a sample of managing directors of...

This study applies a resource-based view of the firm to analyze data from a sample of 898 joint-venture firms in China, including both joint ventures established by overseas Chinese and by firms from Western cultures. It is hypothesized that culture could influence the timing of entry of joint...