This paper examines the patterns of, and motives for, internationalization by prominent market-seeking Chinese firms. Case studies of these firms indicate that they are seeking technological brand assets to create a competitive position in international markets. While mainstream theory tends assume internationalize exploit advantages, generally making such investments order address disadvantages. They engaging ‘inward’ means original equipment manufacture (OEM) joint venture partnerships,...

The aim of this paper is to explain critical features the human primary generalized epilepsies by investigating dynamical bifurcations a nonlinear model brain's mean field dynamics. treats cortex as medium for propagation waves electrical activity, incorporating key physiological processes such delays, membrane physiology, and corticothalamic feedback. Previous analyses have demonstrated its descriptive validity in wide range healthy states yielded specific predictions with regards seizure...

Highlighting the under-researched interrelationship between workplace humour and resistance, this paper examines employee opposition in a Brazilian telecommunications company. Much of literature on corporate culture has emphasized way that 'having fun' can facilitate production. Functionalist perspective, such studies treat organizational joking both as means by which employees 'let off steam' flexible tool for man agers reinforcing culture. Questioning universality 'safety-valve' theory...

This paper offers a new insight into how organizations engage with external complexity. It applies political action perspective that draws attention to the hitherto neglected question of relative power organizational leaders enjoy within their environments is significant for actions they can take on behalf when faced identifies cognitive and relational complexity as two dimensions environment which have engage. proposes three modes whereby may environmental are conditioned by an...

Multinational companies have been a force for good but, unfortunately, some misbehave. Our comprehensive literature review on multinationals' misbehavior reveals three ideas. First, most research focuses the interaction between multinational and its institutional context, but insights vary depending whether drivers of lie inside or outside multinational. Second, we find dearth studies social environmental misbehavior, an overemphasis study governance dimensions, especially corruption. Third,...

abstract This paper aims to offer new theoretical and empirical insights into co‐evolutionary development. Theoretically, it advances a political perspective which focuses on the role of power how this can be translated influence as an evolutionary driver through relational framework between organization external parties. Empirically, elaborates by reference China's largest container terminal evolved within changing environment, its evolution in turn impacted sector. In case, key was that...

abstract This paper examines the extent to which co‐evolution can take place within a heavily constrained environment and how changes in degree of institutionalization are relevant opportunities for exercising strategic choice at level firm. It addresses these questions through detailed case study major Brazilian telecommunications company, Telemig, covering its life span 27 years from 1973 2000. The insights obtained advance theory by incorporating political dimension organizations...

The governance of companies, other than very small ones, operates through a double agency relationship. first relationship is that between owners or stakeholders, on the one hand, and corporate management, other. second management employees firm, including middle managers, who execute its plans policies. This has been largely ignored in discussions governance, yet effectiveness essential for achieving firm's objectives. If have limited trust their ability managers to intentions executed will...

abstract A corporate identity denotes a set of attributes that senior managers ascribe to their organization. It is therefore an organizational articulated by powerful interest group. can constitute claim which serves inter alia justify the authority vested in top and further interests. The academic literature on identity, particular, pays little attention these political considerations. focuses apolitical manner shared meanings when works, or cognitive dissonance it breaks down. In response...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact political instability at local level on foreign firms in China. Building literature embeddedness and business power, authors propose a theoretical framework explain how turnover can affect firms’ performance they respond such challenges by leveraging their power bases. Design/methodology/approach To test hypotheses, apply fixed effects regression an unbalanced panel data set comprising 13,360 from 1998 2013 replacement that...

ABSTRACT In an attempt to elucidate some possible conditions for success in managerial decision making, data were analysed from 53 cases of decisions eight British organizations, five business firms and three non‐business organizations (two universities a District the National Health Service). No clear relationships between features processes making decisions, their successfulness found until separated. Clear differences then showed up, relatively speaking, conductive success. firms,...

Abstract Although corporate social innovation studies in developing countries acknowledge the importance of firm resources and capabilities for attaining goals, they overlook way which these interact with broader institutions to generate successful outcomes. We address this gap by exploring relationship between resources-capabilities that is conducive meeting both business interests countries. By employing a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis projects performed joint ventures Dutch...

This article reflects upon the evolution of Brazilian management studies in light debate provoked by Management and Organization Review , 5(1), a special edition on ‘The Future Chinese Research’. Despite an impressive growth publications, organization have had litde conversation with mainstream international scholarship. The offers some explanations as to why this might be so suggests alternatives for enhancing impact advancing country's reputation field. We suggest two routes through which...

This paper addresses organizational culture change from a longitudinal perspective. It analyses how the of major Brazilian telecommunications company changed during its 27-year history condition integration to one fragmentation and then differentiation. The identifies sources these changes, paying particular attention role institutional political factors. Based on empirical data, framework for analysing dynamics in organizations is proposed.