Nankai Business Review International: Volume 9 Issue 4

Buyer–seller relationship, sales effectiveness and sales revenue: a social network perspective

Yu Che, Yongqiang Li, Kim-Shyan Fam, Xuan Bai

This study aims to examine the underlying mechanism of buyer–seller ties and salespeople’s performance. Also examined was the moderating effects of the density of the customer…

Corporate governance evaluation of Chinese listed companies

Weian Li

In recent years, the quality and environment of global corporate governance have drawn attention from researchers and practitioners. Based on the public information of Chinese…

Critical success factors in Chinese cross-border mergers and acquisitions: A study of two Chinese cases in Germany

Yu Chen, Herbert Werle, Roger Moser

This paper aims to explore the critical success factors (CSFs) in Chinese cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) to improve the odds of Chinese overseas acquisition success…

Partial privatization, control rights of large shareholders and privatized shares transfer: Evidence from Chinese state-owned listed companies

Tingting Zhou

The partial privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is a dynamic process. The main feature of this process lies in not only gradual and sequential privatizations but also…

Effects of unexpected financial slack on SMEs’ diversification and growth: evidence from China

Xing Liu, Zhanming Jin

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between unexpected financial slack and small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) diversification and growth…

Corporate social responsibility information disclosure objective or not: An empirical research of Chinese listed companies based on text mining

Zhao Duan, Yajuan He, Yuan Zhong

Based on the text mining tools, this paper aims to propose a new method to evaluate the subjectivity and objectivity of corporate social responsibility information disclosure.

Is it purely instrumental?: The dual-role model of Chinese entrepreneurs’ political connections in advanced stage of institutional transition

Haijian Liu, Shandan Shi, Mo Zhang

This study mainly aims to examine whether entrepreneurs’ utilization of political connections is purely egoistic. Addressing this issue could shed light on traditional debate…

Governance, privatization and foreign direct investment

Dongling Cai, Leonard Fengsheng Wang, Xiaokai Wu

The purpose of this study is to investigate the interplay between economic governance and privatization, and how these two instruments affect the entry mode choice of the foreign…

Purchase experience and involvement for risk perception in online group buying

Weiwei Li, Yang Yuan

The paper aims to explore the factors that influence the risk perception. The moderating roles of purchase experience and purchase involvement are also investigated.