The globalising Chinese business enterprise: the role of strategic fit
DOI: 10.1504/IJCCM.2007.016164 | Theodore T. Herbert, Ilan Alon, J. Mark Munoz | To achieve full performance potential in becoming a global business competitor, enterprises in transitioning economies, particularly Chinese business enterprises, must identify and rectify deficiencies in their resources and capabilities. T... | 4 - 21 |
Knowledge – a critical factor in the internationalisation of SMEs: the case of Portuguese SMEs in China
DOI: 10.1504/IJCCM.2007.016164 | Maria Fernanda Pargana Ilheu | Normally, SMEs have internal shortages of information, capital and management experience, and, in foreign markets, limitations related to their difficulty of adjustment to different environmental conditions; the bigger the difference, in cu... | 22 - 37 |
Rejuvenating Northeast China: changing a rustbelt into an economic powerhouse
DOI: 10.1504/IJCCM.2007.016164 | Bi Jianhai | Northeast China used to be the oldest industrial base and one of the most developed regions in the country, but in the last two decades the region had been overshadowed by the fast-developing eastern region. This struggling northeastern rus... | 38 - 53 |
A case study of German investment in China and the CEECs
DOI: 10.1504/IJCCM.2007.016164 | Xiaojun Wei | The issue of EU FDI to China in the early 2000s is intractably associated with the changing composition of the EU and its possible impact on EU FDI flows across regions. A comparison between China and the new EU member countries, in terms o... | 54 - 69 |
Evaluation of team interaction patterns during NPD within European and Chinese contexts
DOI: 10.1504/IJCCM.2007.016164 | Zheng Ma, Kulwant Pawar, Chih-Cheng Lin, Johann Riedel | As companies struggle to develop new products for the global market, more firms are facing the need to access the most critical resource for New Product Development (NPD) – people. This geographical dispersion means separation not only by t... | 70 - 72 |
Reformation in Chinese healthcare: lessons to be learned from US best practices in consulting, education and development of health system change
DOI: 10.1504/IJCCM.2007.016164 | Edward R. Balotsky, John J. Newhouse | Since the early 1990s there has been strong interest by the Chinese healthcare establishment to engage US healthcare leaders on a variety of educational and consultative services. This exchange has occurred on both sides of the Pacific, wit... | 73 - 92 |
Moving from Open Door to Go Global: China goes on the world stage
DOI: 10.1504/IJCCM.2007.016164 | Paola Bellabona, Francesca Spigarelli | This contribution traces a relatively recent phenomenon: the development of Chinese Direct Overseas Investments. China|s Go Global policy, which encourages Chinese enterprises to put themselves in the global competition through an active in... | 93 - 107 |
The nature of Chinese collective values: formation and evolution
DOI: 10.1504/IJCCM.2007.016164 | Pak Hung Mo | In this paper, we analyse the basic driving forces responsible for moulding the Chinese collective values. Globalisation results in substantial changes in some driving forces, which cause the corresponding changes in collective values and i... | 108 - 125 |
The mediating role of organisation support in effective delegation: the case of Chinese subordinate managers
DOI: 10.1504/IJCCM.2007.016164 | Therese A. Joiner, Steve Bakalis, Jerome Choy | Delegation is widely accepted as an essential element of effective management in North American organisations; however, delegation may not be effective in other countries where employees hold different cultural values. We suggest that Chine... | 126 - 139 |
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