Chinese Firms Between Hierarchy and Market
Chinese Firms Between Hierarchy and Market

Author: D. Chen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1994-11-13

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0230375502

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This book is about the enterprise reform in China in general, and the Contract Management Responsibility System (the CMRS) in particular. The latter is an institutional arrangement to deal with the relation between the government and the state-owned enterprise which has always been at the centre of the enterprise reform. This research is based on four in-depth case studies of Chinese state-owned companies.

Chinese Firms and Technology in the Reform Era
Chinese Firms and Technology in the Reform Era

Author: Yizheng Shi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1134695284

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In Chinese Firms and Technology in the Reform Era, Yizheng Shi analyses the technological behaviour of state- owned firms. In particular he shows how they have imported, utilised and assimilated foreign technology into their operations. The author argues that despite being granted more autonomy and having to face increased competition, Chinese firms are still not motivated to assimilate properly imported technology because of the absence of well- delineated property rights.

The Political Economy of State-owned Enterprises in China and India
The Political Economy of State-owned Enterprises in China and India

Author: X. Yi-chong

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-09-24

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1137271655

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Focused on unique features of economic development, this edited volume examines the nature and structure of corporate governance of several key state-owned enterprises in China and public sector units in India in five strategic sectors: oil and natural gas, steel, coal, electricity generation, and banking industries.

Management Training and Development in China
Management Training and Development in China

Author: Malcolm Warner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-12-04

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1135236275

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This book, with contributions by internationally-known scholars from a wide range of countries, examines the Chinese response to the challenges of management training and development. It summarizes the current trends in management training and development and outlines the likely course of future developments.

Forging Reform in China
Forging Reform in China

Author: Edward S. Steinfeld

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780521778619

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The greatest economic challenge facing China in the post-Deng era is the reform of unprofitable, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) which threaten to drag down the rest of the economy. Despite an array of well-intentioned, market-oriented reform measures, these firms have never truly been forced to face the pressure of a bottom line, or the threat of bankruptcy. Forging Reform in China explains how and why these measures have not been sweepingly successful to date, and what it would take to achieve meaningful reform. The author investigates firm-level processes, including case studies of China's steel industry giants, revealing institutional and systemic barriers to market-oriented performance. This book makes a compelling argument that private ownership cannot work in China's current system until governance over complex economic factors has been established, that is, until credit is tightened and market selection processes made to work.

Catch-Up and Competitiveness in China
Catch-Up and Competitiveness in China

Author: Jin Zhang

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-07-31

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1134317913

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This book examines the role of corporate structure, including the role of corporate headquarters, in the success of large firms. It considers these issues in relation to large global corporations, thereby providing a 'benchmark', which is then used as a contrast in a discussion of corporate structure and the role of corporate headquarters within large Chinese firms, many of which have evolved from former government ministries. It includes a detailed case-study of firms in the crucially important oil and petro-chemical sector. Overall, the book shows what a hugely competitive battle China's emerging 'national champions' face with their global competitors, and puts forward policy implications both for large Chinese firms and for the Chinese government concerning how business systems should be reformed further still in order to construct globally competitive large industrial corporations.

Human Resource Management in China
Human Resource Management in China

Author: Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1134447337

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Enhancing our understanding of HRM in the Chinese industrial sector, this book explores the emerging role of HRM in China's industrial enterprises. A significant contribution to the theory of HRM, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers of Business and Management, HRM and Asian Business.

Rural China
Rural China

Author: Jie Fan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1317460642

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This book reports the findings of two field studies conducted between 1993 and 2001 in seven townships and six provinces in China. The authors describe the process of rural urbanization and its related economic, social, and political changes by focusing mainly on the zhen (town), in addition to administrative offices and companies involved in the local economy, and village committees. The authors show that the social changes resulting from China's economic reforms are occurring mainly from below, and that this process is also resulting in a weakening of the economic and political dominance of the central government. Other changes discussed in this study include the development of new ownership structures and the increasing dominance of the private sector; a shift in the functions of administrative offices as the bureaucracy becomes increasingly business oriented; the rise of a new local elite; a rebirth of traditional social structures (clans, local associations); and the emergence of new interest groups and institutions to represent their needs.

The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate
The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate

Author: Neal M. Ashkanasy

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 853

ISBN-13: 1483305538

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In The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate: Second Edition, a team of leading international scholars presents the state-of-the-art in the field, ten years after the publication of the award-winning First Edition. Following the Preface by Edgar Schein, 33 entirely new chapters document the development and maturing of ideas canvassed in the First Edition, and also offer exciting new perspectives on organizational culture and climate. This Handbook will be a must-have resource for researchers and students in management, human resource management, organizational behavior, industrial and organizational psychology, and social psychology.

International Human Resource Management in Chinese Multinationals
International Human Resource Management in Chinese Multinationals

Author: Jie Shen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-09-27

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1134238746

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The authors explore the degree to which Chinese multinationals have a distinctive 'Chinese' approach to human resource management, in the same way as large Japanese companies are widely regarded as having a special Japanese approach. Based on extensive original research in the subsidiaries of Chinese multinationals outside China, the book examines a wide range of issues related to this key question including the evolution of human resource management in Chinese companies, the internationalization of Chinese business, recruitment and selection, rewards and compensation, performance appraisal, strategic integration, and employee relations. Shen and Edwards give a detailed account of the international human resource management of Chinese multinational enterprises; a topic of increasing significance in understanding global economic affairs.