Chandos Publishing Strategic Challenges and Strategic Responses: Chinese State-Owned Enterprises (Asian Studies: Contemporary Issues and Trends) (Chandos Asian Studies ... of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises

This book focuses on the strategic challenges, strategic responses, and strategies for China's state-owned enterprises (SOE), which face significant challenges from a nationwide economic transformation towards a market economy, from rapid globalization and from increasing industrial competition. The book is based on research which has identified the dominant challenges and forces for change in China, the nature of SOE responses to those forces, and SOE performance in making the necessary transformations to compete in a global business environment. Key Features: includes a detailed discussion of a methodology for study in an emerging economy; key holistic model included (developed on the concept of business strategy), which has proved to be an effective analytical tool in studying the patterns of strategic behaviours of SOEs in the research of emerging economies; critical case analyses on six major Chinese SOE players in different industries. About the Author Dr Jifu Wang is Chair of the Department of Management and Marketing and teaches strategic management at the University of Houston, Victoria, USA. Dr. Wang served as an executive in top management for several firms in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China, and has rich management experiences in international business. His research interests include international strategy and organizational change. He has published 19 refereed journal articles and four book chapters in the last five years on international strategy.