Asia Pacific Business Review

1996 - 2025

Current editor(s): Professor Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner

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Volume 29, issue 5, 2023

The globalization of postcolonial pop music: putting the success of the K-pop industries into theoretical perspectives pp. 1243-1250

Paul Lopes, Ingyu Oh and Lynn Pyun

K-pop music diffusion in Korea and East Asia: the convergence of visual technology and concrete narratives pp. 1251-1274

Tariq H. Malik

The role of cultural diversity in creating value: a case study of South Korea’s pop band BTS pp. 1275-1299

Doug J. Chung and Kay R. Koo

Gendered melancholia as cultural branding: fandom participation in the K-pop community pp. 1300-1323

Ingyu Oh and Kyeong-Jun Kim

From Korea to the world: women’s role as peer-leaders in K-pop transnational online brand communities pp. 1324-1348

Pascal Brassier

The international strategy for Korean pop music: what makes K-pop listed on Billboard Hot 100? pp. 1349-1368

Hyeseon Hwang, Ingyu Oh and Paul Lopes

K-pop’s internationalization in the product adaptation and the upstream music supply chain in Korea, China, Japan, and the West pp. 1369-1393

Byeongsik Kim and Byeongwoo Kang

Leading digital business model transformation in the K-pop industry: the case of SM Entertainment pp. 1394-1424

Jaeyoung Cho, Yiyang Bian and Jangwoo Lee

Is there innovation in the K-pop industry? A theoretical perspective pp. 1425-1447

Jangwoo Lee and Lynn Pyun

Volume 29, issue 4, 2023

Innovation and entrepreneurship in East Asia during the digital era: post-pandemic prospects pp. 843-851

Biaoan Shan, Ingyu Oh and Chris Rowley

When the window of opportunity opens: how does open search impact the business model design of digital startups? pp. 852-875

Hai Guo, Xiaoyu Li and Chao Wang

Upgrading new product development performance in digital context: a configuration analysis based on fsQCA pp. 876-894

Anwei Gu, Susu Chen, Biao Chen and Xiaoju Liu

Effects of talent status and leader-member exchange on innovative work behaviour in talent management in Japan pp. 895-912

Hideki S. Tanaka and Nobutaka Ishiyama

The prosocial-motivated process of meaningful innovation: evidence from Chinese start-ups in digital industry pp. 913-930

Guannan Qu, Jin Chen, Yuan Jie, Luyao Wang and Dong Guo

Digital technology and enterprise knowledge management: literature review and theoretical framework construction pp. 931-949

Wei Yan, Yiyu Xiong, Anwei Gu, Heng Lu and Xiangxian Zhang

The impact of ICT use on entrepreneurial performance: evidence from Chinese microenterprises pp. 950-966

Famei Shen, Jie Li and Gong Sun

A study on artificial intelligence orientation and new venture performance pp. 967-989

Dayuan Li, Zhuang Pan, Ding Wang and Lu Zhang

The role of internal control and digital transformation between political connections and financial performance: evidence from China pp. 990-1012

Yue Zhang, Chunxing Pan, Shu Meng and Kun Wang

Investment in innovation and international entrepreneurial performances of Chinese family businesses: from the perspective of intergenerational succession pp. 1013-1035

Huatao Peng, Yuming Chang, Chen Zhou and Zhijian Zhang

Family governance and strategic orientation of family firms in China: an institutional logics perspective pp. 1036-1058

Qiang Liang, Xi Huang, Yuanrui Xu and Bo Wang

Are government subsidies or preferential listing policies better for the market performance of tech firms? Evidence from Korea pp. 1059-1078

Soon Suk Yoon and Hyo Jin Kim

Leveraging resources to achieve high competitive advantage for digital new ventures: an empirical study in China pp. 1079-1104

Xiumei Zhu, Shengbo Yu and Shan Yang

Rising and thriving in the post COVID-19 era: a case study of COSMAX, a leader of the Korean cosmetic industry pp. 1105-1124

Young Won Park, Paul Hong and Geon-Cheol Shin

How do organizations deal with crisis? A case study on improvisational behaviours of Chinese companies during the COVID-19 epidemic pp. 1125-1148

Biaoan Shan, Yi Pu, Xingqun Lv and Rongquan Zhang

Mediation of work engagement towards productive behaviour in remote work environments during pandemic: testing the job demands and resources model in Japan pp. 1149-1169

Kiyoshi Takahashi, Ryosuke Yokoya and Tomohiro Higuchi

Workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: insights from strategic human resource management in Mainland China pp. 1170-1191

Yujie Cai, Chris Rowley and Mengyi Xu

Empowering women for leadership roles in the post-pandemic era pp. 1192-1200

Sijia Liu

Digital economy, enterprise digital transformation, and digital business model: evidence from China pp. 1200-1210

Mingjun Hou

Designing a Japanese university for the Asian Century: discovery, harmony, inspiration pp. 1210-1223

Keith Jackson

Japan’s rise as a middle power, collaborations in the Indo-Pacific and partnerships with South Korea and India: implications for China’s Global Image & Belt and Road Initiative and the country’s expansion as a global power pp. 1224-1234

Muhammad Afzaal and Juhua Jin

Japan’s new ruralities: coping with decline in the periphery pp. 1235-1238

A. K. M. Tajkir-Uz-Zaman

Internationalisation of Chinese enterprises: a comparative study of cross-border mergers and acquisitions pp. 1239-1242

Peihua Fan

Volume 29, issue 3, 2023

Developments in key aspects of business and management in the Asia Pacific: human resources, leadership, ethics and entrepreneurship pp. 463-478

Chris Rowley and Ingyu Oh

The influence of flexible work arrangements on innovative employee behaviour in China: a perspective of person-job fit pp. 479-500

Xin Qi, Huanchen Liu, Xinyue Li and Hong Liu

Does brain gain enhance firm value? Evidence from China pp. 501-522

Han Chen and Soon Suk Yoon

From mine to ours: a dynamic process model in developing ethical culture – the case of Alibaba pp. 523-545

Jean S. K. Lee and Dongjie Xu

The mediating role of harmony in effective leadership in China: from a Confucianism perspective pp. 546-569

Wai Kwan Lau, Lam D. Nguyen, Loan N. T. Pham and Daniel A. Cernas-Ortiz

Exploitative leadership and employee innovative behaviour in China: a moderated mediation framework pp. 570-587

Zhining Wang, Yuhang Chen, Shuang Ren, Ngan Collins, Shaohan Cai and Chris Rowley

Entrepreneurs’ self-perceived social status and firms’ philanthropy: evidence from Chinese private firms pp. 588-612

Limin Zhu and Jing Zhao

Risk preference, prior experience, and serial entrepreneurship performance: evidence from China pp. 613-631

Huatao Peng, Yuming Chang and Yang Liu

Exploring big data use to predict supply chain effectiveness in Chinese organizations: a moderated mediated model link pp. 632-653

Yu Wang and Zulqurnain Ali

Below-aspiration performance and risk-taking behaviour in the context of Taiwanese electronic firms: a contingency analysis pp. 654-677

Quang-Anh Le and Cheng-Yu Lee

Influence of information technology and marketing capabilities in achieving superior customer performance: evidence from Taiwan pp. 678-700

Homin Chen and Yu-Ming Hsu

Fostering innovation and involvement among Korean workers in problem solving through trust and psychological safety: the role of paradoxical leader behaviours pp. 701-718

Se-Hyung (David) Oh, Longzhu Dong, Abraham Y. Nahm and Gyu-Chang Yu

All or nothing: ambivalent acculturation strategies and job satisfaction of bicultural migrants in South Korea pp. 719-739

Jinxi Michelle Li, Fabian Jintae Froese and Julia Sophie Schmid

CSR policies and practices of Korean foreign subsidiaries: institutional duality in emerging economies pp. 740-757

Sujung Kim, Changsu Kim, Jong-Hun Park, Jangsoon Kim and Hajir Afzali

Perceptions of large Korean corporations from a social cognition perspective pp. 758-777

YongGu Suh, Gary Davies and Regina Burnasheva

Employee perceptions of pay equity and compensation factors: a study of Vietnamese state-owned enterprises pp. 778-796

Ngan Collins, Anh Ngo, Pauline Stanton, Shuang Ren and Chris Rowley

Generation Z job seekers in Vietnam: CSR-based employer attractiveness and job pursuit intention pp. 797-815

Nguyen Ngoc Thang, Chris Rowley, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh

The moderating role of R&D intensity on the association between external embeddedness and subsidiary product innovation: evidence from Vietnam pp. 816-841

Dut Van Vo, Chris Rowley and Dang Huu Nguyen

Volume 29, issue 2, 2023

Alibaba and Coupang in the spotlight pp. 267-278

Gerhard Kling, Ingyu Oh and Chris Rowley

A new global division of labour in venture capital flows: Coupang’s IPO success at the New York Stock Exchange pp. 279-298

Ingyu Oh, Yunsung Koh and Yun Kyung Kim

What explains Alibaba’s miraculous IPO success on the New York stock exchange? pp. 299-322

Kailei Wei, Libo Xiao, Yang Fang and Chunxia Jiang

Overcoming the liability of foreignness in US capital markets: the case of Alibaba and Coupang pp. 323-349

Vanesa Pesqué-Cela, Jiarong Li and Yun Kyung Kim

Impact of dual-class share structure: Alibaba IPO success analysis pp. 350-371

Shuai Shao

Global expansion with takeovers and value creation with integration in China: a case study of Alibaba and Lazada pp. 372-391

Lihui Tian and Xin Li

The effects of political embeddedness on cross-border mergers and acquisitions in China: Alibaba’s case pp. 392-416

Zhi Wang, Gerhard Kling and Jiayi Li

Will Alibaba’s additional financial service contribute to sellers’ satisfaction and loyalty during the pandemic? Evidence from Taobao sellers pp. 417-438

Juanjuan Wang, Lin Jiang and Wentong Liu

Interaction between individual and collective learning in an entrepreneurial setting: case study of SoftBank Academia in Japan pp. 439-461

Ikutaro Enatsu, Masato Horio and Nobutaka Ishiyama

Volume 29, issue 1, 2023

The role of leadership in human resource management: perspectives and evidence from China pp. 1-10

Shuming Zhao, Mingwei Liu, Meng Xi, Cherrie J. Zhu and Hong Liu

How does family-supportive supervision influence work-family conflict in China? The role of boundary control and empowerment-focused HRM pp. 11-27

Guilan Yu, Ying Meng and Chengxu Zhou

Two sources of influence: a conditional trickle-down model of service performance in China pp. 28-49

Haolin Fu, Sherry (Qiang) Fu, Jia (Joya) Yu, Mengxi Yang and Wansi Chen

Evolution path and critical influencing factors of performance management system: a longitudinal case study in China pp. 50-69

Jianfeng Jia, Yuxin Jiao, Jiaqi Yan, Jiexiang Wang and Hailong Jia

Do grateful employees take charge more in China? A joint moderating effect model pp. 70-88

Lei Ren, Yan Liu and Yishuai Yin

Power distance orientation and perceived insider status in China: a social identity perspective pp. 89-113

Kaili Zhang, Yumei Wang and Ningyu Tang

The impact of flexibility-oriented HRM systems on innovative behaviour in China: a moderated mediation model of dualistic passion and inclusive leadership pp. 114-135

Maolong Zhang, Enhua Hu and Yanmei Lin

The influence of the fit between strategic human resource management and CEO strategic leadership behaviours on organizational effectiveness in China pp. 136-161

Yueyue Liu, Meng Xi and Xu Zhang

Forming managers’ exploitation and exploration from the interplay of managers’ formal and informal networks in China: a moderated mediation model pp. 162-183

Xinghua Zhao and Hongjiang Lv

Effects of high-performance work system on team ambidexterity in China: a dual path model based on emergence perspective pp. 184-205

Xiao-Yu Wang, Jian-Quan Lyu and De-Jun Cheng

Motivation and hindrance: the mixed blessing of paradoxical leader behaviour for workplace creativity in China pp. 206-226

Zizhen Geng, Yanfen Wang, Youqing Fan and Chunxia Shan

Innovation-oriented HRM, TMT reflexivity and organizational change in China: the moderated mediation effect of CEO leader mindfulness pp. 227-247

Lulu Zhou, Ying Liu, Tianshan Xue and Xiu Zhang

Leadership mindsets, cultural norms and organizational resilience in China: the moderating effect of supportive human resource practices pp. 248-265

Xufan Zhang, Jing Ye, Decai Wang, Feng Tian and Sikai Fu