This study uses institutional theory to explore the driving force for internationalization of firms in emerging economies. It posits that the internationalization practices of firms are driven not only by efficiency consideration, but also by the desire to conform to institutional isomorphic...

This study adopts an integrative approach that incorporates the resource-based view and institutional theory in its analyses of the performances of multinational corporations in China. Firm-specific resources have been assumed as a unique source of competitive advantages when firms go overseas....

This study examines changing labour-management practices in China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in comparison with those in joint ventures (JVs). Based on a sample of 62 firms in seven Chinese major cities, it explores the degree to which HRM practices are a ‘myth’. The researchers...

Based on the Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), the specific surface and interface characteristics of emitter region of commercial mono-crystal Si solar cells were examined. Four chemical compositions C, O, Si, and P were detected, and the atomic...

In this paper we study the splitting rules of energy spectra for two-dimensional Fibonacci-class quasilattices (FC(n)) with three kinds of atoms (A, B, and C) and one bond length by means of a decomposition-decimation method, and find that the sublattices of B atoms and C atoms are different...