The Strategies of China’s Firms

This book aims to analyze how China’s firms in the consumer electronics (CE) sector have developed their business strategy and corporate governance during the reform process. This book examines the CE sector in particular because it is one of the country’s most important and dynamic manufacturing sectors and one of the earliest market-oriented sectors.

• focuses on firms with different ownership
• provides cases that offer insights into the interactions among key factors of environmental changes, exploitative and explorative strategies, and performance in a transition environment
• explains why the strategies of some firms do not fit with their environments, which leads to their poorer competitive position.
• compares the corporate governance of the China’s firms with different ownership
• explores the different ways of development of China’s firms in the consumer electronics sector from the perspectives of business strategy and corporate governance
• includes some wider policy-related implications related to the reform of China’s firms

The book is a must-read not only for scholars but also the practitioners. This is a huge segment of the book-buying market. One of the strongest target groups likely to buy this book is scholars with an interest in strategic management and corporate governance in China/emerging economies, Chinese business and management, industrial and competitive policies in China and development strategies in emerging economies. Practitioners, including consultants, managers of multinationals, Chinese managers, government policy makers, members of international organizations, with an interest in Chinese business and management are also likely to buy it, seeking it a useful tool to learn more about Chinese business.

• List of contributors
• Preface
• About the editors
• Contributing authors
• 1: Development of China’s state-controlled firms: The case of the consumer electronics sector
  • Abstract
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 The institutional situation in the Chinese CEs sector
  • 1.3 Different ways of development of firms
  • 1.4 Exploitation and exploration learning strategy in transition economies
  • 1.5 The efficiency of the state ownership
  • 1.6 Research design: Case study, performance measurement, and data analysis
  • 1.7 Findings: Business strategies, ownership structure, and performance of the case firms
  • 1.8 Discussion: State ownership and competitiveness
  • 1.9 Conclusion: Theoretical implications and avenues for future research
• 2: The relationship between the share structure of business groups and the performance of the listed affiliated firms
  • Abstract
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Hypothesis development
  • 2.3 Study design
  • 2.4 Data analysis and result
  • 2.5 Conclusion
• 3: Labor litigation in China
  • Abstract
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Labor litigation
  • 3.3 The development of labor litigation in China
  • 3.4 Court
  • 3.5 Legal services
  • 3.6 The labor legislation procedure
  • 3.7 The role of litigation in dealing with labor disputes
  • 3.8 Conclusions
• 4: Location patterns of Chinese transnational corporations: A comparative study of Chinese and foreign transnational corporations
  • Abstract
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 General location strategies of TNCs
  • 4.3 Special location strategies of CTNCs
  • 4.4 Coda: Key differences between foreign and Chinese TNCs’ location patterns and the gaps in current research
• 5: Research on the relationship among large shareholders and its economic consequences of listed companies in China
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The classification of the large shareholders’ relationship
  • 5.3 Literature review and theoretical foundation
  • 5.4 Research design
  • 5.5 Discussion and conclusion
• 6: Efficiency evaluation of listed real estate companies in China
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgements
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Development of Chinese listed real estate companies
  • 6.3 Methodology
  • 6.4 Discussion
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • Appendix Scale efficiency of 33 listed real estate companies (2004–2011)
• 7: An appraisal of Xi’an real estate developers core competence
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Literature review
  • 7.3 Methodology
  • 7.4 Evaluation model based on support vector machine
  • 7.5 Case analysis and discussion
  • 7.6 Conclusions
• 8: Empirical study of eWOM’s influence on consumers’ purchase decisions
  • Abstract
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Relevant theoretical foundations
  • 8.3 Modeling and hypothesis
  • 8.4 Questionnaire and empirical analysis
  • 8.5 Conclusion and outlook
• 9: Research on online shopping problems behind the “Double Eleven” shopping festival
  • Abstract
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Literature review
  • 9.3 Research methods and research program
  • 9.4 Survey results
  • 9.5 “Double Eleven” main problems and solutions
  • 9.6 Conclusion
• 10: The way to globalized transformation of the photovoltaic industry: inspiration from the Suntech bankruptcy reorganization
  • Abstract
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Successful experiences of the early Suntech
  • 10.3 Causes and lessons from the failure of Suntech
  • 10.4 Suggestions for the PV industry and domestic enterprise development environment
  • 10.5 Conclusions: The future of Chinese PV industry
• Index