Journal of Asia Business Studies: Volume 8 Issue 1

An empirical analysis of homeownership in urban China

Christopher Gan, Baiding Hu, Cindy Gao, Betty Kao, David A. Cohen

This paper seeks to investigate the impact of socioeconomic factors of homebuyers such as gender, age, marital status, education, economic status and race on home ownership and…

The effects of own- and other-prior entry modes in the internationalization of Japanese multinational companies in the electronic sector

Mario Henrique Ogasavara

This paper goes above and beyond the prior research on entry mode by considering the organizational approach and examines entry mode selection between wholly-owned subsidiaries…

Collective internationalization – a new take off route for SMEs from China

Susanne Sandberg, Hans Jansson

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the establishments of Chinese wholesale and retail market platforms in China and Europe, which create a new take-off route for SMEs…

“Buyer's motivation” for online buying: an empirical case of railway e-ticketing in Indian context

Sangeeta Sahney, Koustab Ghosh, Archana Shrivastava

India has a big pool of internet savvy population that is not only accessing the internet but also buying online. Online shopping could be defined as the concept of buying and…

Closing the distance: a grounded theory of adaptation

Beat Hans Wafler, Fredric Swierczek

This paper seeks to consider the impact of psychic, cultural and institutional distance, the adaptation of international joint ventures and the performance of international…