... transformation Value chain Service strategy Manufacturing industries Organizational restructuring Along with the changes of economic structure, Taiwanese manufacturing firms are facing unfavorable problems such as the increase of operating costs and the mature period of product life cycle...

.... The purpose of this paper is to examine these effects and the law of enterprise growth in electronic information industry clusters of China. Design/methodology/approach This paper makes use of the panel data of the Chinese manufacturing industry with the intention of testing Gibrat's law. It carries out...

... Limited 2013 Global production networks Tie diversity Ambidexterity Latecomer firm Upgrading Business process reengineering Process management Manufacturing industries China Since the reforming and opening of China from 1978, Chinese firms have been actively embedding themselves...

... performance and diversification in China. It is intended to make a contribution to theoretical research on international business in an emerging market. Internationalization Diversification Firm performance Manufacturing firms Manufacturing industries Performance management Emerging markets...

...‐enterprise knowledge trading Supply chain China Supply chain management Manufacturing industries In the era of the knowledge economy, knowledge and knowledge management have become crucial to success in most organizations. Among other resources, knowledge is of paramount importance...

... with academic experts. Third, we modify it by communicating with experts from industry. Fourth, we refine the questionnaire by pretesting in 26 firms. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 China Manufacturing industries Industrial performance Developing countries Relational embeddedness...

...: China Manufacturing industries Innovation Technology management Independent innovation Technological capability Equipment manufacturing industry The equipment manufacturing industry is the core of the industrial sector and the power engine of the national economy in China which is closely...

... on industrial agglomeration. Dong Wang can be contacted at: clayton_wang@163.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 China Relocation Manufacturing industries In 2008, China successfully held the Beijing Olympics which was the desire of all Chinese people for a hundred years...

...Heiko Gebauer; Thomas Fischer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to attempt to explore service needs in the Chinese manufacturing industry and address the research question: what clusters of service needs exist in the Chinese manufacturing industry? Design/methodology/approach The data...

..., p. 24). Individual organisations are under the technical and normative influence of institutionalised environments. (Appendices follow overleaf.) Ruth Alas can be contacted at: ruth.alas@ebs.ee © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Employee attitudes Manufacturing industries...

...). In particular of the dynamic roles of the CEO in adapting large, complex organizations (Etzioni, 1961 ; Perrow, 1972 ; Galbraith, 1973 ; Gabarro, 1987) to “high velocity” environments (Eisenhardt and Bourgeosis, 1988) as often encountered in certain sectors of manufacturing industries. Our central...