/methodology/approach – Data on 3,948 firms surveyed by the World Bank in 2002 and 2003 in China are used and four hypotheses are tested using … include all relevant control variables, and lack a panel. Originality/value – China is a country noted for its success in …

trade competitiveness and analyze China's level of independent knowledge innovation internationally, especially in … granted patents and trade export effect of China and Japan, based on the monthly data of foreign trade import and export and … of patents granted by China's national intellectual property bureau in Japan and China, respectively, from 2004 to 2007 …

productivity in China. The direction of causality among these variables is also to be emphasized. Design/methodology/approach – The … two‐step generalized method of moments (GMM)‐type estimation approach. They use a panel data set of China's provinces for … confirms the cheap labor argument for China, although this particularly true for inland provinces. In the coastal provinces …

and host country governments in the context of Australian companies internationalising to China. Design … with businesses or operations in China. The data were analysed using NVivo. Findings – Assistance provided by the … implications – The model links the organisational objectives of businesses internationalising to China, understanding the political …

Purpose – This paper aims to conceptually argue that China's trade surplus with the USA is not good. Design …/methodology/approach – Net exporters (like China) give up current consumption in order to gain claims against future production. This paper … argues that the reasons why China is trading current consumption for claims on future production are not good. Findings …

‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Fujian Province, China. Design/methodology/approach – A model containing internal and external impact …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between China's macroeconomic performance and cyclic … political events. Design/methodology/approach – The research is hypothesis‐derived and empirically driven. Findings – In China … the year in which the Communist Party of China convenes its Congress. Research limitations/implications – Further …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the distributional impact of personal income tax in Canada and China … over the most recent decade. Design/methodology/approach – The Urban Household Survey in China and the Canadian Socio …‐Economic Information Management System data are employed. Findings – It was found that, in both Canada and China, the personal income taxes …