Management Decision: Volume 43 Issue 4

An organizational learning model based on western and Chinese management thoughts and practices

Guoquan Chen

This paper aims to establish an organizational learning system model based on both western and Chinese management thoughts.

Benefits that foreign AEC firms derive when undertaking construction projects in China

Florence Yean Yng Ling

The objectives of this paper are to investigate the reasons that motivate foreign architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) firms to undertake projects in China; whether…

Study on staff management practice of multinational company affiliates in China

Yuanqiang Zhou, Lei Lu, Bo Jiang

More and more foreign companies, including multinational companies, open business in China. The staff management under the local culture of China is one of the critical points…

Modern‐day lean construction principles: Some questions on their origin and similarities with Sun Tzu's Art of War

Low Sui Pheng, Teo Hui Fang

Lean construction looks into the possibility of bringing successful lean production theories into the construction industry. It was believed that lean production principles could…

Development of management philosophy for Chinese business environment

Tat Y. Lee

This paper aims to explore how management approaches are adopted in the modern Chinese business environment.

Dynamics of strategic management in the Chinese construction industry

Charles Y.J. Cheah, David A.S. Chew

To provide a structured and integrated framework of corporate strategy in order to help practitioners and researchers identify critical issues related to the Chinese construction…

Ownership reform among state firms in China and its implications

Ji Li, Kevin Lam, Jane W. Moy

To test the effects of ownership structure on the strategy and performance of former state‐owned enterprises (SOEs) in China.

Dispute resolution management for international construction projects in China

Edwin H.W. Chan, Henry C.H. Suen

Unfamiliar with the Chinese culture and ways of doing business, foreign architects/engineers/contractors (AEC) firms will encounter differences with the local parties. With…

Value management in China: current state and future prospect

Guiwen Liu, Qiping Shen

To look into the current state of value management (VM) practice in China and reveal the challenges and opportunities to its future development.

Housing price bubbles in Beijing and Shanghai

Yue Shen, Eddie Chi‐man Hui, Hongyu Liu

This study investigates whether there was a housing price bubble in Beijing and Shanghai in 2003. The existence of a bubble can be interpreted from (abnormal) interactions between…

Applying lean assessment tools in Chinese hi‐tech industries

Shahram Taj

To evaluate the current state of manufacturing in some selected plants in electronics, telecommunication/wireless, and computer industries in the Republic of China.