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The Renaissance of Outdoor Advertising: From Harlem to Hong Kong

Lopez‐Pumarejo, Tomas A.; Bassell, Myles - In: American Journal of Business 24 (2009) 2, pp. 33-40

This paper explores the reasons for the increase in “outdoor advertising” (OA) expenditures worldwide and the impact of billboards on our cities. Since 2006, a portable device that measures billboard exposure became widely available, thus setting up a rating system like that of other forms...

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Testing the concepts of market mavenism and opinion leadership in China

Zhang, Jie; Lee, Wei-Na - In: American Journal of Business 30 (2015) 3, pp. 178-195

mavenism from opinion leadership in China? The answer to this question would solve an important issue of targeting in marketing … determined by same or different factors in China? The answer of this question would help determine how to reach each type of …: market mavenism and opinion leadership were indeed distinctive yet related concepts in China. Monochronicity, altruism, price …

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The Diaoyu Islands, China‐Japan guan‐xi and nuclear war: is there a role for Thomas‐Kilman model?

Akoorie, Michèle; Foo, Check‐Teck - In: Chinese Management Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 12-35

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 …

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The impact of knowledge governance on knowledge sharing : The mediating role of the guanxi effect

Akoorie, Michèle; Cao, Yong; Xiang, Yang - In: Chinese Management Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 36-52

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 …

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Relational power and influence strategies: a step further in understanding power dynamics

Akoorie, Michèle; Chong, Melody P.M.; Ping Fu, Ping; … - In: Chinese Management Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 53-73

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 …

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Dual order systems and SMEs' growth: three longitudinal cases from China

Akoorie, Michèle; Tang, Fangcheng; Ke, Xinsheng - In: Chinese Management Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 74-93

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 …

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Towards a Guanxi‐based theory of internationalization: Chinese, Taiwanese and evolving MNEs

Akoorie, Michèle; Tsai, Huei‐ting - In: Chinese Management Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 111-126

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to review theories on the kinship‐based collaboration for Asian multinational enterprises (MNEs). Although cooperation issues have reached the top of the Asian MNE agenda, comprehensive empirical and theoretical studies in these areas have remained patchy....

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A social exchange perspective of the individual guanxi network : Evidence from Malaysian‐Chinese employees

Akoorie, Michèle; Ahmed, Ishfaq; Khairuzzaman Wan … - In: Chinese Management Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 127-140

Purpose – Using the social exchange perspective, the aim of this research is to add value to the construct by looking at direct and indirect effects through perceived organizational support (POS) and leader‐member exchange (LMX) of the guanxi network in job involvement, and ultimately the...

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Shadow banking in China: expanding scale, evolving structure

Li, Tong - In: Journal of Financial Economic Policy 6 (2014) 3, pp. 198-211

Purpose – This paper aims to survey available data sources and put China’s shadow banking system in perspective …. Although bank loans still account for the majority of credit provided to China’s real economy, other channels of credit … banking activities in China, discusses their close ties with banks and summarizes regulatory issues. Extensive descriptive …

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