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China: The Next Big Market For Soft-Branded Hotels?, Elisa Ka-Yan Chan
China: The Next Big Market For Soft-Branded Hotels?, Elisa Ka-Yan Chan
Perspectives@SMU
A wave of deal-making in China’s hotel investment sector is expected to encourage more independent hotels to rebrand as chain affiliates
Linking Managerial Capital With Explorative Strategy And Growth In China, Stern Neill, Minhua Wu, Terry W. Noel
Linking Managerial Capital With Explorative Strategy And Growth In China, Stern Neill, Minhua Wu, Terry W. Noel
Marketing
Purpose –This study aims to consider the effect of managerial capital (psychological, intellectual and social) on business strategy and growth. Per upper echelon theory, managerial capital enables high-level managers to drive firm performance in uniquely personal ways. The authors test the effects of managerial capital on a manager’s dominant regulatory focus (promotion and prevention balance) and whether having an explorative strategy mediates the relationship between dominant regulatory focus and the percentage of business unit growth expected from new lines of business.
Design/methodology/approach – Survey data from a sample of 211 Chinese executives were used to assess measurement and test …