theoretical research which did not match with reality, especially in China, where the relational mechanism in trading activities …

validate the relationship between internationalization, firm performance and diversification in China. It is intended to make a …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate CEO succession in China's state‐owned enterprises (SOE) from within …/implications – The sample size used is moderate. Even though Tianjin is a large industrial center, generalizations to all of China may be … environment in China will tend to choose an internal CEO succession when firms have a limited qualified managerial supply outside …

decision‐making speed. Design/methodology/approach – The sample was collected from more than ten provinces/cities in China …

development from 1998 to 2008 in China, and then to explore whether the significant events have potential impacts on the changes … advocated in China. Furthermore, the changes of leadership attributes, especially for non‐business leaders, relate to the … explored leadership attributes in China, this study contributes to the extant research in two ways. First, it promotes the use …

the first‐mover and internationalization process (incremental learning) for competitive advantage in China during … contributing to the firm's performance. A possible reason is that firms compete in the downstream of the industrial value china in … less conducive for better performance. Firms that entered into IBA in China after her membership with WTO performed lower …

nuclear outbreak. Third World War may just be sparked off with Russia aligned with China against Japan and the USA. Design … Japanese, the author conducted some field research in Harbin, China. The continuing Chinese angst against Japanese is explained … from the West, for instance very ancient civilizations like China and India, authors should take a multi‐method approach …

guanxi effect in China. The results first show that knowledge governance, including formal and informal knowledge governance … only investigated 339 employees in 39 organizations located in the central China. It is limited by employees' cognition. In … more detail and thus enhance their current research. Originality/value – It is the first attempt in China to systematically …

whereas the follow‐up interview study included 17 managers from different industries, collected across main cities in China … relationships in China and understand why guanxi /relational power is effective here. Originality/value – The paper integrates the …

system, i.e. a dual order system‐has shaped the growth of China's SMEs. From an institutional perspective, one proposition … suggested has been that building guanxi networks can facilitate the growth of China's SMEs when institutions change in … unpredictable ways. Another proposition claims legal institutions become guarantors of the growth of China's SMEs as a result of …