Chinese Management Studies: Volume 5 Issue 1

An emerging paradigm in confronting the rise of an innovative China

Check‐Teck Foo

The purpose of this paper is to suggest an emerging paradigm by synthesizing what is presented at an Asian Productivity Organization (APO) study meeting. The meeting focuses on…

Economic relations between China and ASEAN: 1970‐2010

Kim Weng Willam Choy, Yen Ming Zhang

This purpose of this paper is to review the progressive development in bilateral trade and investments between China and the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN…

Managing conflict with the Chinese: The Key from an in‐depth single case study

John R. Darling, Victor L. Heller

This paper aims to present The Key as a very valuable interactive foundation for effective conflict management in international trade negotiations. The Key, as used in this…

Integrating Taoist Yin‐Yang thinking with Western nomology: A moderating model of trust in conflict management

Rong Du, Shizhong Ai, Cathal M. Brugha

This paper aims to relate Taoist Yin‐Yang thinking to Western nomology in terms of trust and trust building, seeking to explore the question of how trust impacts on conflict…

Achieving competitive advantage in service supply chain: evidence from the Chinese steel industry

Song Hua, Samir Ranjan Chatterjee, Chen Jingliang

Higher market complexity and increasing competitive intensity are forcing traditional trading companies to change their positions in the goods delivery services supply chain by…

Ownership structure and R&D spending: evidence from China's listed firms

Tao Zeng, Horn‐Chern Lin

This paper seeks to examine the effect of ownership concentration, inside ownership and state ownership on the R&D spending practices for China's listed firms. The paper argues…

The Tao of complex adaptive systems (CAS)

Andrew Man Joe Ma, Bramwell Osula

This paper seeks to examine an emerging synergetic model of organizational leadership that is founded on Chinese Taoism and complex adaptive system (CAS).

Comparing job expectations of Chinese male and female college students

Joseph Tomkiewicz, Robert Frankel, Mariusz Sagan, Chunfang Wang

The purpose of this paper is to examine gender differences in job expectations among Chinese university students and how they may affect the activities of organizations in…

Biographical Dictionary of New Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

William Choy

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

Rebecca Marsh

Sun Tzu Prize for world peace

Check-Teck Foo