.... Practical implications The findings suggest that FinTech disciplines corporate managers and alleviates agency problems regarding cash holdings. Originality/value This study suggests that FinTech determines a firm’s cash holdings. FinTech Cash holdings Agency theory Corporate governance China...

... industry is a complex web of activities with tensions and contradictions between stakeholders (industry, government and consumers). In the case of China, there is a conflict between the willingness to liberalize the economy and the will to maintain an ideological monopoly through cultural industries...

... of the unauthorised trade, its concealment and the prosecution were made public, providing insights that otherwise would not be available. The questions raised concern the effectiveness of sanctions in the telecommunications sector and the rationale for weakening sanctions against ZTE. China United States...

... players. Findings The paper argues that as the internet is going mobile, driven by data – mostly video – the new mobile platforms are becoming the key for the distribution of content and mobile games. Whether it is the history of browser games in China, mobile games in India or PC games in Russia...

...Yongwoon Shim; Dong-Hee Shin Purpose – This paper aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the process of standards setting based on the case of long-term evolution time division duplex (LTE TDD) deployment in China. Design/methodology/approach – Using actor-network theory (ANT...

...Leo Van Audenhove; Anastasia Constantelou; Karen Donders; Qian Tao Purpose The paper aims to outline the legal framework with regards to the civil liability of online intermediaries for users' misconduct in China, to analyze the problems in applying the rules related, and to introduce recent...

...Heejin Lee; Shirley Chan; Sangjo Oh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that, since China's accession to the WTO in 2001, standards have emerged as an effective means to protect and promote domestic industries, especially in the ICT sector. China has made several attempts to set its...

...Sean Xin Xu; Xu Yan; Xiaona Zheng Purpose This study seeks to develop a general framework for evaluating communication platforms in e‐commerce, and then apply the framework to investigate what factors have impeded m‐commerce from taking off in the specific context of China. Design...

... of the uneven nature of China's telecommunications development and reveal the dynamics of “universal service” policy formation, as well as the impetuses and impediments in developing any notion of public service telecommunications in China. Findings Public service issues in China need...

...Zixiang (Alex) Tan; Hsiang Chen; Xiaozhong Liu Purpose This paper documents and examines the course of the Little‐Smart deployment in China by looking closely at the technology comparison, demand pull and supply push, as well as government regulations. Design/methodology/approach...

...Xu Yan; Min Gong; James Y.L. Thong Purpose The short message service (SMS) has been available in Hong Kong and China since the late 1990s. However, the user acceptance patterns for this service have been evidently different in these two regions. Based on fieldwork in Hong Kong and China...

...Daniel Roseman Purpose To assess the impact of China's WTO commitments on foreign investment flows, domestic regulation and industry performance in the telecommunications services sector. Design/methodology/approach Situates GATS disciplines in telecommunications...

...Qin Hu; Xun Wu; Clement K. Wang Although electronic commerce (e‐commerce) can be a source of competitive advantage, will e‐commerce businesses in countries like China flourish when governments still take a “wait‐and‐see attitude” as to prompting, protecting, and regulating e‐commerce? The paper...

... to the measurement model of service quality in China’s mobile phone market based on the well‐known SERVQUAL model, but with modification on the basis of focus group discussions and expert opinions to reflect the specific industry attributes and the special culture of China. Emphasis is then paid to the study...

...Zixiang (Alex) Tan Focusing on the telecom manufacturing industry in China as a case, this paper contends that the existing literature needs to be expanded. Product cycle theory could be applied to explain multinational corporations’ strategies of importing and localizing their products...

...Yuezhi Zhao; Dan Schiller Wonders whether, owing to severely restricted access, China’s government policy towards digital communications will remain in a constant state of flux – or will it gain economic benefits without a social penalty? Concludes that China has to link the forces of change...

...Zixiang (Alex) Tan; Theodore H.K. Clark Examines Internet diffusion in the major academic institutions of China and the USA, by age, gender, occupation and educational attainment. Reckons similar data from other nations is needed t support the conclusion that diffusion of the Internet into general...

...Yuezhi Zhao Analyses the evolution of China’s telephone and cable systems, in terms of the public interest, discussing current bureaucratic conflicts and policy debates over convergence, and construction of an independent broadband cable network. Looks in depth at China’s problems and the different...