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Management Of Interpersonal Conflict In Negotiation With Chinese: A Perceived Face Threat Perspective, Zhoujia Zhao, Hung-Hsin Chen, Kevin Li Jan 2019

Management Of Interpersonal Conflict In Negotiation With Chinese: A Perceived Face Threat Perspective, Zhoujia Zhao, Hung-Hsin Chen, Kevin Li

Odette School of Business Publications

Despite increasingly frequent business interactions between China and the West, negotiations with Chinese remain a great challenge to most Westerners. Sino-Western discrepancies in cultural values and social norms lead to massive misunderstandings and inevitable conflicts in business negotiations. Grounded on the Politeness Theory (Brown and Levinson 1987), this study aims to better predict Chinese negotiation behaviors from an indigenous perspective by exploring the impact of face on Chinese conflict handling strategies. With a sample of 608 Chinese business representatives, this research demonstrates the significant effect of perceived fellowship-, moral-, competence- and autonomy-face threats on Chinese conflict management styles in business …


Pricing And Warranty Decisions In A Two-Period Closed Loop Supply Chain, Juan Tang, Bang-Yi Li, Kevin Li, Zhi Liu, Jun Huang Jan 2019

Pricing And Warranty Decisions In A Two-Period Closed Loop Supply Chain, Juan Tang, Bang-Yi Li, Kevin Li, Zhi Liu, Jun Huang

Odette School of Business Publications

For a two-period closed loop supply chain (CLSC) consisting of a manufacturer and a retailer, Stackelberg game analyses are conducted to examine pricing and warranty decisions under two warranty models depending on who offers warranty for new and remanufactured products and the corresponding benchmark models with warranty for new products only. Next, we identify the conditions under which warranty for remanufactured products is offered and investigate how this warranty affects the CLSC operations. Subsequently, comparative studies are carried out to examine equilibrium decisions, profitability and consumer surplus of the CLSC between the two warranty models. Analytical results show that offering …


Cooperative Game Approaches To Coordinating A Three-Echelon Closed-Loop Supply Chain With Fairness Concerns, Xiao-Xue Zheng, Zhi Liu, Kevin Li, Jun Huang, Ji Chen Jan 2019

Cooperative Game Approaches To Coordinating A Three-Echelon Closed-Loop Supply Chain With Fairness Concerns, Xiao-Xue Zheng, Zhi Liu, Kevin Li, Jun Huang, Ji Chen

Odette School of Business Publications

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Impact Of Product-Design Strategies On The Operations Of A Closed-Loop Supply Chain, Zhi Liu, Kevin Li, Bang-Yi Li, Jun Huang, Juan Tang Jan 2019

Impact Of Product-Design Strategies On The Operations Of A Closed-Loop Supply Chain, Zhi Liu, Kevin Li, Bang-Yi Li, Jun Huang, Juan Tang

Odette School of Business Publications

No abstract provided.