China’s township enterprises have developed rapidly since the country’s economic reform. Discusses the competitive strategy of these businesses, and offers an explanation for the survival and growth of these enterprises despite the presence of powerful competition and uncertain legal and...

Understanding and utilizing guanxi presents a continuing challenge for western firms in China. This article reviews current research, highlighting two different types of guanxi : person‐to‐person and firm‐to‐firm. Based on interviews with 43 Chinese managers, it is suggested that...

The authors develop an empirical study based on Event System Theory (Morgeson, Mitchell & Liu, 2015), which allows a clearer consideration of specific nature of each exogenous shock and crisis, such as its criticality and geographical proximity. More importantly, they highlight the importance of...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between demographic diversity on boards and employer/employee relationship (EER) and to test the moderating effect of contextual factors such as a firm’s financial situation. Design/methodology/approach: This paper analyzes...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether, when and how customer orientation may contribute to success in introduction of new products (SINP). Design/methodology/approach: With a multi-phase and multi-source data collection approach, this study tested the proposed theoretical...