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Chinese strategy: is it crossverging, converging or transverging to Western systems?

Mackinnon, Alex - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 2, pp. 173-186

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the change in Chinese managerial network systems to identify adaptation to Western strategic systems. Design/methodology/approach – A sequential explanatory approach was adopted – a quantitative analysis of personal value systems of Chinese...

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Cultural values, workplace behavior and productivity in China

Wright, Philip C.; Berrell, Mike; Gloet, Marianne - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 5, pp. 797-812

China, work that is more empirical is necessary to test the resilience of the framework. Practical implications – The paper … management style in China. …

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Relationships between business factors and performance in internationalization

Zeng, Saixing; Xie, X.M.; Tam, C.M.; Wan, T.W. - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 2, pp. 308-329

of survey, and it is generally agreed that China is a large market composed of distinctively different regional sectors …

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Importance‐performance analysis for public management decision making

Lai, Linda S.L.; To, W.M. - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 2, pp. 277-295

Special Administrative Region (SAR), the People's Republic of China. Findings – Factor analysis reveals that the selected …

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Ownership structure, corporate diversification and capital structure

Su, Larry D. - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 2, pp. 314-339

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether, and to what extent, corporate diversification into related and unrelated businesses affects capital structure choices, and whether ownership structure is germane to the understanding of corporate diversification strategies and...

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The challenge to rekindle China's innovative spirit

Kriz, Anton - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 4, pp. 541-561

Purpose – China has become an economic powerhouse in historic terms but there are a number of challenges to its … continued prosperity. The aim of this paper is to more fully understand China's propensity for creative innovation, which is … thinking”. Findings – China has a long history of successful innovation. However, Confucian belief, a single despot and a …

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The effectiveness of non‐executive directors in Chinese state‐owned enterprises

Kakabadse, Nada K.; Yang, Hong; Sanders, Richard - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 7, pp. 1063-1079

effectiveness of NEDs. Findings – The findings indicate that the NED system is weak in China as a result of the concentrated … system of NEDs of SOEs in present‐day China. It provides an understanding of how the various perceptions of the board … in China in an institutional environment significantly different from that of the USA, the UK and other western economies. …

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Economic, social and institutional conditions of network governance

Yoon, Woojin; Hyun, Eunjung - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 8, pp. 1212-1229

Purpose – This paper intends to discuss the effect of social and institutional mechanisms in allowing network governance embedded in non‐contractual and social relations to emerge and persist. Design/methodology/approach – Building on the extant theoretical literature on network governance...

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Competence exploration and exploitation in new product development

Yang, Tsau‐Tang; Li, Ci‐Rong - In: Management Decision 49 (2011) 9, pp. 1444-1470

exploration and exploitation on new product development outcomes in China. Premised from the perspective of environment … questionnaire survey/analysis of a sample of 289 firms in China. Findings – Consistent with the two perspectives mentioned above …

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The impact of knowledge governance on knowledge sharing

Cao, Yong; Xiang, Yang - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 4, pp. 591-610

effect in China. The results first show that knowledge governance, including formal and informal knowledge governance, plays … employees in 39 organizations located in central China. It is limited by employees' cognition. In further research, the authors … their current research. Originality/value – It is the first attempt in China to systematically investigate the impact of …

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