This paper analyzes barriers for energy efficiency investments for small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China …

How a Japanese company managed a distributors network in China. The study describes some changes in firm strategies …

This paper highlights the employment patterns of China’s over-45 population and, for perspective, places them in the … developing countries, China can be characterized as having two retirement systems: a formal system, under which urban employees … of exit from work are shown to be much greater in urban China than in rural areas, and also greater than observed in …

Focusing on China’s medical insurance scheme which covers all employers and employees in urban areas, this research … microsimulation techniques. As an important part of the project, this article provides a brief overview of China’s medical insurance …

the biggest shifts in the international economic and trading system: the rise of China. Even though China will have a … stake in maintaining trade openness, an initiative that builds on but redefi nes the Doha Agenda would anchor China more … would include the major issues of interest to China and its trading partners, and thus unleash the powerful reciprocal …

, the euro and the Chinese renminbi (RMB). It focuses on what we call China’s" dominance hypothesis", i.e. whether the … global financial crisis. These results are consistent with China’s dominance hypothesis and with the view that the … international monetary system is already tri-polar. However, we also find that China’s currency movements are to some extent …

development. A review was conducted both in the Western literature and within China itself. The data for this study are from semi …-structured in-depth interviews with management consultants and business leaders in South China. The results of the study show that … key inhibiting factors in building sustainable organisations in China. The results of this study are expected to provide …