Competitive position, managerial ties, and profitability of foreign firms in China: an interactive perspective

By Julie Juan Li, Kevin Zheng Zhou, A. Shao. 2009

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The Relationship between Competitive Strategy and Firm Performance in Micro and Small Businesses in Ghana: The Moderating Role of Managerial and Marketing Capabilities (2015, background): “Empirical evidence shows that a differentiation strategy positively influences performance in small and large businesses (Acquaah 2011; Acquaah, Adjei, & MensaBonsu, 2008; Agyapong & Boamah, 2013; Li et al., 2009; Miller & Dess, 1993; Spanos, Zaralis, & Lioukas, 2004;).”
Exchange hazards, relational reliability, and contracts in China: The contingent role of legal enforceability (2010, background): “Because of the involvement and power of government officials, it is not uncommon for some companies to designate a highranking manager to function as a boundary spanner or to locate some operations in close proximity to the central government (Li et al., 2009).”
Effects of managerial ties and trust on supply chain information sharing and supplier opportunism (2014, positive): “The performance impacts of managerial ties are tested directly or interactively with other organisational initiatives, such as organisational learning (Gao, Xu, and Yang 2008), competition and environment (Li, Poppo, and Zhou 2008), strategy (Li, Zhou, and Shao 2009; Chung 2012), etc.”
The Continuing Importance of Political Ties in China (2014, background): “Traditionally, political ties, compared with business ties, entail asymmetrical obligations (Chan, 2009) and are less equally reciprocal in nature (Li et al., 2009).”
Toward a Theory of the Informal Economy (2011, neutral): “Hart, 1973 , 2006 ; Li, Zhou, & Shao, 2009 ; Meagher, 1990 ; Spicer et al, 2000 ).”
The role of intellectual resources, product innovation capability, reputational resources and marketing capability combinations in firm growth (2014, background): “SMEs with strong social ties with channel members such as suppliers, customers, competitors and distributors have been found to have greater access to more diverse market intelligence and resources (Li et al., 2009).”
How strategic orientations influence the building of dynamic capability in emerging economies (2010, background): “…processes, emerging economies experience massive, complex changes in their institutions, including government, economic systems, enterprise ownership structures, market environment, and so forth, which creates serious strategic challenges for businesses seeking opportunities (Li et al., 2009).”
Export market orientation, managerial ties, and performance (2012, methodology): “Political ties represent export managerial networks and connections with political leaders in various levels of host government and regulatory bureaus and organizations ( Johanson and Mattsson, 1988; Chetty and Holm, 2000; Li et al., 2009).”
Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on Corporate Financial Performance: A Competitive-Action Perspective (2018, background): “Saving cost is considered an additional way to increase CFP (Porter, 1980; Li et al., 2009) and satisfies a firm’s economic responsibility.”