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This book focuses on the strategic challenges, strategic responses, and strategies for China's state-owned enterprises (SOE), which face significant challenges from a nationwide economic transformation towards a market economy, from rapid globalization and from increasing industrial competition...
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Chandos,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Chandos Asian studies series
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843342229 |
| Summary: |
This book focuses on the strategic challenges, strategic responses, and strategies for China's state-owned enterprises (SOE), which face significant challenges from a nationwide economic transformation towards a market economy, from rapid globalization and from increasing industrial competition. The book is based on research which has identified the dominant challenges and forces for change in China, the nature of SOE responses to those forces, and SOE performance in making the necessary transformations to compete in a global business environment. Includes a detailed discussion of a methodology for study in an emerging economyKey holistic model included (developed on the concept of business strategy), which has proved to be an effective analytical tool in studying the patterns of strategic behaviours of SOEs in the research of emerging economiesCritical case analyses on six major Chinese SOE players in different industries. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xv, 229 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-218) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781780632285 1780632282 |
| Index Number: | HD4318 |
| CLC: | F120 |
| Contents: |
Cover; Strategic Challenges and Strategic Responses: The transformation of Chinese state-owned enterprises; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; List of figures and tables; About the author; Part 1 Theoretical background to strategy and research methodology; 1 Introduction; China's growing importance; The significance of China's state-owned enterprises; Studying the transformation of SOEs; Research questions; Structure of the book; Note; 2 Theoretical background and the response model; What is strategy?; Environment; Understanding strategic challenge; Strategic response. Strategic responses and environmental challengesHolistic strategic response model -- the conceptual framework; 3 Research design and methodology; Research in emerging economies; Organizational transformations; Sampling and data collection; Performance measurement; Case research data selection; Case study method; Part 2 Case studies; 4 The China Huajing Electronics Group Corporation; Industry competitive situation analysis; Huajing Corporation profile; Strategic challenges; Strategic responses and strategies; Evaluation of performance; Notes; 5 The Beijing No. 1 Machine Tool Plant. Company profileStrategic challenges; Strategic responses; Evaluation of performance; 6 The Chongqing CHN & CHN Ceramics Co. Ltd; Industry competitive situation analysis; Company profile; Strategic challenges; Strategic responses; Evaluation of performance; 7 The Sichuan Chemical Works (Group) Ltd; Industry competitive situation analysis; Company profile; Strategic challenges; Strategic responses; Evaluation of performance; 8 The Jingwei Textile Machinery Co. Ltd; Industry competitive situation analysis; Company profile; Strategic challenges; Strategic responses; Evaluation of performance. 9 The Harbin Electric Machinery Company LtdIndustry competitive situation analysis; Company profile; Strategic challenges; Strategic responses; Evaluation of performance; Part 3 Discussion and conclusions; 10 Analyses and discussions; Analysis of strategic challenges and response patterns; External challenges and response reactions; Internal challenges and response patterns; 11 Conclusions and implications; Conclusions; Implications for practitioners; Implications for academic research; References; Index. |