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Regional Institutional Development, Political Connections, And Entrepreneurial Performance In China's Transition Economy, Wubiao Zhou
Wubiao Zhou
While previous research has emphasized the role of political connections in facilitating entrepreneurial performance in China’ early reform period (1978 – 1999), this study argues that regional institutions had been increasingly conducive to entrepreneurial activities and, thus, also played a key role in China’s entrepreneurial success during that period. The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it aims to demonstrate how regional institutional development facilitated entrepreneurial performance in China. Second, it aims to understand how formal institutional development among Chinese regions affected the role of political connections. Using a two-level hierarchical dataset on Chinese private enterprises, this study finds …
Political Connections And Entrepreneurial Investment: Evidence From China’S Transition Economy, Wubiao Zhou
Political Connections And Entrepreneurial Investment: Evidence From China’S Transition Economy, Wubiao Zhou
Wubiao Zhou
No abstract provided.
Bank Financing In China’S Private Sector: The Payoffs Of Political Capital, Wubiao Zhou
Bank Financing In China’S Private Sector: The Payoffs Of Political Capital, Wubiao Zhou
Wubiao Zhou
No abstract provided.
Austrian Economics, Christopher Prendergast
Austrian Economics, Christopher Prendergast
Christopher Prendergast
No abstract provided.
Rationality, Christopher Prendergast
Phenomenology And Ethnomethodology In Economic Sociology, Christopher Prendergast
Phenomenology And Ethnomethodology In Economic Sociology, Christopher Prendergast
Christopher Prendergast
No abstract provided.
Institutional Sources Of Practice Variation: Staffing College And University Recycling Programs, Michael Lounsbury
Institutional Sources Of Practice Variation: Staffing College And University Recycling Programs, Michael Lounsbury
michael lounsbury
In this paper, I examine how variation arises in the staffing of recycling programs at colleges and universities. Through initial fieldwork, I identified two basic recycling program forms. Some schools adopted recycling programs that entailed the creation of new, full-time recycling manager positions that were filled by ecological activists. Other schools adopted more minimalist programs that were staffed by current employees who were more ecologically ambivalent and assumed recycling management responsibilities as a part-time, additional duty. Results of a subsequent survey of a population of colleges and universities show that this variation in staffing was importantly shaped by the Student …