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Commitment To Corporate, Social, And Environmental Responsibilities: An Insight Into Contrasting Perspectives In China And The Us, Carlos Wh. Lo, Carolyn P. Egri, David A. Ralston
Commitment To Corporate, Social, And Environmental Responsibilities: An Insight Into Contrasting Perspectives In China And The Us, Carlos Wh. Lo, Carolyn P. Egri, David A. Ralston
Organization Management Journal
This cross-national study investigates antecedents and outcomes of corporate responsibility (CR) practices to stakeholders and the natural environment in the contrasting contexts of China and the US. In general, we found partial support for the proposition that the divergence of CR stakeholder practices across nations is dependent on the institutional environments of business. Whereas customer and community stakeholder practices were found to be more prevalent in US companies, there were no significant country differences in the prevalence of employee, investor, and environmental CR practices. In addition, we found that the relationship between the prevalence of CR practices and business outcomes …
The Readiness For And Current Status Of E-Government In China, Yue Zhang, Zhiyang Lin, Quan Lin, Chang-Tseh Hsieh
The Readiness For And Current Status Of E-Government In China, Yue Zhang, Zhiyang Lin, Quan Lin, Chang-Tseh Hsieh
Journal of International Technology and Information Management
E-government is important for China’s economic and social development. A measurement is developed and applied to assess the readiness of local Chinese governments for e-government. E-government development status of local Chinese governments is assessed through evaluation of their websites. Relationships between e-government readiness and the actual progress on e-government are discussed.
State And Context-Dependent Information Management And Wealth Accumulation: An Information Analysis Of The Billionaires Between Taiwan And China, Ben-Chieh Liu, Lee-Hsuan Lin
State And Context-Dependent Information Management And Wealth Accumulation: An Information Analysis Of The Billionaires Between Taiwan And China, Ben-Chieh Liu, Lee-Hsuan Lin
Journal of International Technology and Information Management
From the Forbes Magazine survey of the world’s 538 richest, seventy seven (77) or about 14.4% were identified as born in Asia (Asia Week, June 28, 2001). In addition, the top 100 billionaires (in $NT) in Taiwan, 2001 and 2002 were surveyed by Taiwan Smart Monthly magazine ( Nov 11, 2002) and another top 100 billionaires in China (in U.S dollars) were reported by the Forbes magazine in 2004. This paper utilizes Liu ,Lin, Lee and Chou’s (1996) state and context dependent information management model specification (Joseph & John, 2006), and equity account dependent variables to study the underlying intercultural …
Linking Information Technology And Competitive Strategy: Evidence From China’S Third-Party Logistics Industry, Fujun Lai, Dahui Li, Qiang Wang
Linking Information Technology And Competitive Strategy: Evidence From China’S Third-Party Logistics Industry, Fujun Lai, Dahui Li, Qiang Wang
Journal of International Technology and Information Management
This study examined how information technology (IT) influences competitive strategies of third- party logistics (3PL) providers in mainland China. First, we examined the influences of IT on the firm’s IT advantage over its competitors. Second, the relationship between IT and competitive strategy was examined. The results show that IT has a significant influence on a firm’s IT advantage and its competitive strategy.