Recent advances in Internet-based telecommunication technologies have enabled firms to compete across their own regional and national borders regardless of physical presence, location and size. While studies on regional economics stress the importance of localized specialization for the creation...

Previous research on corporate community involvement (CCI) initiatives indicates that such behaviour is critical for building neighbourhood relationships and extending corporate influence in the community, but there is little theoretical work that provides a clear picture of managing the nature...

Although Chinese manufacturers are considered as latecomers or followers in global commodity chains, they have also been experiencing rapid progress in upgrading performance from own equipment manufacturing (OEM), original design manufacturing (ODM) to own brand manufacturing (OBM). Current...