...Abdoulkadre Ado Purpose This study focuses on the use of guanxi by African returnees from China in Africa. It explains how returnees understood and leveraged guanxi to collaborate with Chinese partners. Design/methodology/approach This study uses semi-structured interviews...

...Zhe Sun; Liang Zhao; Hongji Wei; Xiaoming Wang; Rosanne Rosalie Riemersma Purpose The study aims to examine the effects of guanxi and harmonious leadership on acquisition performance and the role of sociocultural integration as a mediating mechanism impacting the above links, with a focus...

..., and then compares it to Guanxi (China), Sviazi (Russia) and Jaan–Pechaan (India). The use of social networks is a common business model around the world to accomplish business objectives and is especially relied upon in emerging economies where formal institutions are weak. It is important...