In the literature on U.S. foreign direct investment (FDI) into the European Community, a consensus has emerged that U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) have been in the vanguard of corporate integration in Europe. This research on Japanese FDI has found evidence that Japanese MNEs have also...

This paper discusses the literature on the established determinants of productivity in the retail sector. It also draws attention to some neglected strands of research which provide useful insights into strategies that could allow productivity enhancements in this area of the economy. To date,...

The improvement in performance of Chinese domestically owned industry in 1995 and 2001 is strongly linked to inward foreign direct investment. Rising foreign presence contributes towards the narrowing of the performance gap between foreign and locally owned enterprises in China. While investment...

This paper explores the impact of China’s growing prominence in global and regional foreign direct investment (FDI) fl ows on the Southeast Asian countries as investment locations. Providing internal social and economic cohesion is maintained, China is likely to exert a greater pull on...

Thompson's (1967) framework is regarded as one of the classic work for analysing organizations in the West. This paper analyses organizational changes in Sinotrans utilizing a longitudinal case study to examine whether Thompson's framework is valid for understanding firms in a transitional...

The main focus of this study is the contrasting mechanisms through which the Chinese government influences the internationalization of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and of privately owned enterprises (POEs). The different circumstances created by the Chinese government at the outset of...