This paper presents a location and pricing model for a retailer that sells a homogeneous product to maximize profit in a competitive environment. Specifically, the retailer is to locate a given number of stores and simultaneously to determine the mill price charged at each open store. We assume...

Purpose This paper aims to explore and analyze how a focal firm, coming from emerging economies, of the multinational technology standard alliance ecosystem engages different actors of the alliance in value co-creation practice, contributing to product collaborative innovation and reciprocal...

Purpose Combining the punctuated equilibrium theory with the faultline theory, the purpose of this paper is to focus on member change of strategic core role holders in teams. Design/methodology/approach The authors test the model using data from 30 National Basketball Association teams covering...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between firm size, the nature of ownership and corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance in China and to figure out the reason that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) usually perform better in CSR activities than private...

Chapter1. China’s Early Choice of Modernization Path -- Chapter2. Seeking a Chinese Path (1956–1976) -- Chapter3. Legacy of the Mao Era and China’s Modernization -- Chapter4. Dialectics of the Market Economy -- Chapter5. Chinese Democracy -- Chapter6. Chinese New Model of Modernization....