Table of Contents:
  • Cultural values and influences. Chinese culture and management theory / Sid Lowe
  • Influences of Confucianism on the market economy of China / Lu Le
  • Guanxi and business practices in the People's Republic of China / Howard Davies [and others]
  • Organizational guanxi in China's hotel sector / Stephen Grainger
  • It doesn't matter : "Mei guanxi," cultural difference, and business opportunity in the People's Republic of China / Richard E. Lee
  • Chinese culture and negotiation : strategies for handling stalemates / Guy Olivier Faure, Ding Yifan
  • Foreign direct investment and joint venture. Recent trends and emerging patterns of foreign direct investment in China / Doren D. Chadee, Feng Qiu
  • Stakeholder prioritization in Sino-foreign joint ventures / John Jackson, Mingfang Li
  • Cultural conflicts between Chinese managers and foreign managers in joint ventures / Zhilong Tian, Malcolm Cone
  • International joint ventures for television and film production : the role of cultural distance and management culture / Colin Hoskins [and others]
  • Managing the Chinese organization. A cross-cultural comparison of work goals : the United States, Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China / Chun-Sheng Yu, G. Stephen Taylor, Wei Tung
  • Firm resources and capabilities as determinants of performance : evidence from China / Justin Tan, Shaomin Li
  • The effect of property rights on international joint ventures in China / Peter Ping Li, Tung-lung Steven Chang
  • The effects of firm ownership and culture on Total Quality Management in China / Alistair R. Anderson, Jin-Hai Li, Richard Harrison
  • Some final reflections / Ilan Alon
  • Appendix: Effectively conducting business in China / Shane Frecklington.