Chinese Management Studies: Volume 11 Issue 1

Research on Chinese school of modern GUANLI science

Ren-huai Liu, Kai Sun, Dongchuan Sun

The purpose of this article is to put forward China’s Hanyu Pinyin word guanli as an academic basic term to the world.

Critical management issues in China’s socio-economic transformation: Multiple scientific perspectives to strategy and innovation

Chin Tachia, Liu Ren-huai

This paper aims to introduce ten studies included in this themed issue that illustrate from multifaceted angles some critical management issues and context-specific challenges on…

Cost-benefit analysis for regenerative energy storage in metro

Xiang Li, Ziyou Gao

Regenerative braking is an efficient energy saving technology in urban rail system, in which the recovery energy from braking trains is collected by some equipments and released…

Environmental risk perception and its influence on well-being

Ge Xu, Xiangnan Feng, Yiwei Li, Xiaohong Chen, Jianmin Jia

This study aims to investigate the effects of environmental risk perception on the evaluation of socioeconomic development and subjective well-being in China.

The contribution of environmental regulation to technological innovation and quality competitiveness: An empirical study based on Chinese manufacturing enterprises

Yuhong Cao, Jianxin You

This paper aims to explore the relationship between environmental regulation, technological innovation and manufacturing quality competitiveness to provide some references for…

How middle managers’ participation in decision-making influences firm innovation performance: Evidence from China Employer–Employee Survey Data

Hong Cheng, Feifei Song, Dandan Li

This paper aims to re-examine the effect of middle managers’ participation in decision-making (DM) on the innovation performance of Chinese manufacturing firms. It also testifies…

No advertising, but more sponsorship?: A case study of e-red envelope at China’s Spring Festival Gala

Qian Zhang, Chao Wu, Han Qiao, Shouyang Wang

This paper is dedicated to answer two questions: What is the business model of interactive television (iTV) ad at China’s Spring Festival Gala; and Why the business model of iTV…

Policy support for own-brand innovation in China’s auto industry: panacea or placebo?

Dongjin Yang, Chin Tachia, Liu Ren-huai, Zuowei Yao

China has become the world’s largest vehicle market, because of the strong governmental support to boost car sales and particularly because of the establishment of joint ventures…

The performance effect of micro-innovation in SMEs: evidence from China

Qing Zhou, Gang Fang, Wei Yang, Yun Wu, Liqin Ren

The purpose of this paper is to theoretically and empirically analyze the impact of the types of micro-innovation on innovation performance and the choice of micro-innovation…

How China’s manufacturers achieve technological catch-up: The periphery-core mode of R&D cooperation

Weibao Li, Weiwei Wu, Yexin Liu, Bo Yu

The purpose of this paper is to explore how China’s manufacturers catch up with the forerunners through R&D cooperation by developing a new mode of latecomer–forerunner R&D…

The exploration study of cognitive styles for Taiwan University graduates’ job hunting in Mainland China: Case study of Macau SAR

Jenn Tang

In the context of an economic downturn and three transitions of political power, Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) kick-started the cross-strait mutual trust mechanism, encouraging…

Chinese corporations’ conception of sustainable development: an innovative view of corpus analysis

Xin Huang, Wenzhong Zhu

After over 30 years’ reform and opening-up, China as the second largest economy is now facing the most essential transformation of management philosophy and the biggest…