Purpose Compared to other areas in China, Chaoshan region in Guangdong province has a more developed clan system set … form (housing settlement) of clan-organized rural China to understand the spatial form represented by “family and clan …

to a Chinese case in Changzhou's Tianning District. Design/methodology/approach China's planning system is a vertical … between the ambitious central policies and the implementations on local levels. China is now exporting its planning model to … learn from Sweden's vertical planning system in the urban development environment of China. Findings A key message for …

Purpose – Alert global firms that China plans to become an incubator for top companies rather than simply a low …‐cost manufacturing base. Design/methodology/approach – Outline the strategies for MNCs to penetrate China's expanding market and defend … close government relationships and hire strong, “China‐fluent” management, both local and expatriate. Practical implications …

/implications – Future studies in the context of product strategies in China would be beneficial when considering the long‐term effects of …/value – New strategic potentials and risks in China's emerging market make considering an entry into the mid‐market an imperative …

. To better understand the challenges facing companies that want to establish a brand in China, Accenture surveyed more …/methodology/approach – Accenture conducted 1,022 interviews from China that surveyed consumers of six categories of products and services: automobiles …, appliances, consumer packaged goods, financial services, high‐tech products and apparel. Consumers chosen for the China part of …

Purpose – It is generally agreed that policy reforms have been more successful in China than in South Asia. The purpose … of this paper is to argue that the relative success of China can be explained by the differences in initial conditions … and in the design and sequencing of policies. The reform path followed by China placed reform of agriculture and rural …

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions trading practice in China and discusses … what it might reveal about the suitability of using emissions trading to achieve carbon reductions in China. Design … into question proposals to introduce emissions trading in China. Limitations would seem to be the semi‐free market, the …

all are becoming more common in the People’s Republic of China. Explains why.  …

252 supervisor-subordinate dyad in the People’s Republic of China. The subordinate managers completed measures of SSG … findings highlight the necessity of study on managers’ feedback-seeking behavior in the context of China to help advance the …