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Yang, Monica - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 1, pp. 43-57

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether isomorphism and mimetic, coercive, and normative mechanisms apply to cross‐border mergers and acquisitions initiated by Chinese firms. Unlike prior studies, the paper aims to identify multiple bases for imitation of firm strategy and...

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China's national system of innovation and uneven technological trajectory

Fuller, Douglas B. - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 1, pp. 58-74

segment (the IC design industry segment) in one developing economy, China. Findings – This paper argues that developing …‐ethnic transnational technology networks and the politics of finance, China's firms experience distinct patterns of performance not … finance with commitment to China to drive China's technological development. Other firms, particularly those closely tied to …

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Strategic decision making in Chinese SMEs

Huang, Xueli - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 2, pp. 87-101

quickly partly due to slack legal enforcement in China. Practical implications – For SME owners/managers, a better …

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Global competitiveness in the Datang hosiery cluster, Zhejiang

Akoorie, Michèle E.M.; Ding, Qiang - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 2, pp. 102-116

province of Zhejiang, China with particular emphasis on the hosiery industry in the town of Datang. Design … in provincial China which, as yet are unable to match the design and branding capabilities achieved by clusters in …

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Impact of work‐related values upon attitudes toward changes and organizational learning in Chinese organizations

Alas, Ruth; Vadi, Maaja; Sun, Wei - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 2, pp. 117-129

for foreign managers in multinational corporations in China. …

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Knowledge sharing among architects in a project design team

Zhikun, Ding; Fungfai, Ng - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 2, pp. 130-142

theory of reasoned action in the architectural design project team context in China. Findings – The results suggest that …

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Exploring service needs in the Chinese manufacturing industry

Gebauer, Heiko; Fischer, Thomas - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 2, pp. 143-154

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to explore service needs in the Chinese manufacturing industry and address the research question: what clusters of service needs exist in the Chinese manufacturing industry? Design/methodology/approach – The data on service needs were...

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Rites vs rights: maintaining social order in China and the West

Baskin, Ken - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 3, pp. 187-199

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the generally accepted notion of Chinese “lawlessness” distorts the Chinese behavior by trying to understand it through the Western concept of the “rule of law” and to examine how the concept of “storied space” offers a more...

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Influential leadership: a Harvard model vs an I‐Ching model

Zhang, Yenming; Kheng Catherine Chua, Siew - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 3, pp. 200-212

Purpose – Badaracco of Harvard Business School suggests a “nudge‐test‐escalate” (NTE) approach in influencing and implementing change. In The Book of Changes ( I‐Ching ), the most archaic and authoritative works of the Chinese classics, it adopts a “test‐accelerate‐forge”...

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The impacts of country risk and cultural distance on transnational equity investments

Yuehua, Xu; Songhua, Hu; Xu'ang, Fan - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 3, pp. 235-248

developing countries like China. Design/methodology/approach – From the perspectives of internalization theory, transaction cost … still some doubts about the existence of country culture, especially when dealing with a huge country like China, the use of …

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