The strategies of China's firms : resolving dilemmas

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 Content: Front Matter,Copyright,List of contributors,Preface,About the editors,Contributing authorsEntitled to full text1 - Development of China’s state-controlled firms: The case of the consumer electronics sector, Pages 1-24, H. Yang, S.L. Morgan 2 - The relationship between the share structure of business groups and the performance of the listed affiliated firms, Pages 25-39, H. Yang, B. Liu 3 - Labor litigation in China, Pages 41-52, J. Shen 4 - Location patterns of Chinese transnational corporations: A comparative study of Chinese and foreign transnational corporations, Pages 53-68, M. Chen 5 - Research on the relationship among large shareholders and its economic consequences of listed companies in China, Pages 69-88, T. Liu, S. Yang, Q. Shi 6 - Efficiency evaluation of listed real estate companies in China, Pages 89-107, Y. Wang, Y. Zhu, M. Jiang 7 - An appraisal of Xi’an real estate developers core competence, Pages 109-122, Y. Wang, P. Bai, E. Wang 8 - Empirical study of eWOM’s influence on consumers’ purchase decisions, Pages 123-135, L. Yang, Q. Cheng, S. Tong 9 - Research on online shopping problems behind the “Double Eleven” shopping festival, Pages 137-147, L. Yang, R. Gao, S. Tong 10 - The way to globalized transformation of the photovoltaic industry: inspiration from the Suntech bankruptcy reorganization, Pages 149-164, J. Zhu, Y. Wu, F. Henderson Index, Pages 165-170

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