...Huifeng Bai; Julie McColl; Christopher Moore Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine luxury fashion retailers’ ownership structures at their internationalisation strategies in Hong Kong and mainland China. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a pragmatic mixed methods approach...

...Paul Jackson; Leigh Sparks Purpose A case study of Marks and Spencer (M&S) in Hong Kong is used to explore aspects of the retail internationalisation process. Design/methodology/approach The case study is developed from four main sources. First, national and trade press commentary on M...

...May M.L. Wong This paper attempts to study the motives behind a Hong Kong‐Japanese joint venture between two retailers from the perspectives of firm‐specific advantages provided by both partners of the international joint ventures (IJVs). The analysis focuses on the local partner’s motives and how...

...Lisa A. Phillips; Roger Calantone Examines the environment hostility‐planning‐performance relationship of Hong Kong retailers. A positive relationship is found between environment hostility and the threats encompassed by the existing labour shortage, rising rents, foreign‐based competition...

...Yukiko Kawahara; Mark Speece Argues that, by the early 1990s, an estimated half of all non‐restaurant food sales in Hong Kong went through supermarkets. Local independents and small local chains cater to the lower end of the market. Two large local chains focus on Hong Kong′s broad middle class...

...Lisa A. Phillips; Brenda J. Sternquist; Susie Mui Discusses the Hong Kong retailing system in relation to past and present social and economic issues. (1) 1997 return to Chinese governance, (2) labour shortages, (3) proposed tax changes, (4)relationship with the US, (5) Japanese retailers...