...Dongling Cai; Leonard Fengsheng Wang; Xiaokai Wu Purpose 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 firm and the social welfare of the host country. Design...

...Sunny Li Sun; Yanli Zhang Purpose – How do different corporate governance structures fare under conditions of fundamental environmental transformations? Treating governance structure as a knowledge distribution mechanism embedded in institutional frameworks, the paper aims to propose...

...Hongli Wang; Yunbo Lu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the new concept of trust governance and how to design trust‐related governance mechanisms. Design/methodology/approach The paper defines trust governance based on the nature of governance, and proposes the micro design...

...Linjuan Mu; Xuegang Cui Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the governance mechanism of overcoming or solving three problems: cooperation problem, coordination problem and appropriation problem. Also to raise the value chain cost efficiency and to elevate the value chain competitive...

...Li Weian; Li Xiaoyi; Li Jianbiao Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the characteristics, efficiencies and interaction of many alternative market governance modes, by the approach of comparative institutional experimentation. Design/methodology/approach First, a highly simplified...