Growth Intentions of Entrepreneurs in a Transitional Economy: The People's Republic of China

By Chung-Ming Lau, Lowell W. Busenitz. 2001

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Entrepreneurship in China (2018, unknown): “One of the most important dimensions of informal institutions is associated with China’s culture, which plays a fundamental role in shaping value orientations and entrepreneurs’ cognition (Holt 1997; Busenitz and Lau 2001; Mitchell et al. 2002; Zapalska and Edwards 2001).”
Guanxi Dynamics and Entrepreneurial Firm Creation and Development in China (2010, background): “In addition, researchers have examined the influence of guanxi on entrepreneurs’ growth intentions (Lau & Busenitz, 2001), strategic development in response to the institutional environment (Ahlstrom & Bruton, 2002), venture capitalists’ investment decisions (Batjargal & Liu, 2004), and…”
“Business Growth”—Do Practitioners and Scholars Really Talk about the Same Thing? (2010, background): “…most studies use rough measures, such as dummy variables investigating whether the entrepreneur plans to change the size of the business for the near-time future (expanding versus remaining unchanged or downsizing) (Lau & Busenitz, 2001), or whether s/he intends to grow the business (Cliff, 1998).”
Entrepreneurial Orientation: Assessing the Construct's Validity and Addressing Some of Its Implications for Research in the Areas of Family Business and Organizational Learning (2011, background): “The institutional void in China has given rise to many creative substitutes of formal institutions, such as extensive networks of informal ties and relational governance (Boisot & Child, 1996; Lau & Busenitz, 2001; Peng & Heath, 1996).”
Entrepreneurial orientation and SME performance in China’s changing environment: The moderating effects of strategies (2010, unknown): “The unpredictability of the environment prevents entrepreneurial firms from proceeding proactively and aggressively, and their motivation and willingness to grow and expand are constrained (Lau & Busenitz, 2001).”
Rapid Institutional Shifts and the Co–evolution of Entrepreneurial Firms in Transition Economies (2010, background): “The research that does exist most often focuses on China (i.e., Lau & Busenitz, 2001; Tan & Tan, 2004).”
Determinants and Dimensions of Firm Growth (2009, unknown): “Lau and Busenitz (2001) found a strong positive relationship between the need for achievement and the ambition to grow the firm.”