Asia Pacific Business Review

1996 - 2025

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

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Volume 27, issue 4, 2021

Do the MNE’s global RD intensity and diversity boost its beneficial subsidiary reverse technology transfer? And how? In contingency with institutional distance pp. 493-512

Chun-Ping Yeh and Yi-Chi Hsiao

Comparing perceptions of leadership, innovation and performance in Asian SMEs pp. 513-527

Nuttawuth Muenjohn, Jun Ishikawa, Navatasn Kongsamutr, Peamawat Muenjohn, Alan Montague and Yusuke Suzumura

Motivations for bribery and bribery in business: Vietnam past and present pp. 528-558

Ngoc Cindy Pham, Juehui Shi, Joshua Fogel, Yuanqing Li and Huan Henry Pham

Antecedents of quality performance in the Philippine micro, small, and medium hospitality sector pp. 559-582

Jen-Ming Liu, Elaine Q. Borazon and Jose Gerardo O. Santamaria

Effects of mobile service operator promotions in repurchase behaviour in South Korea: a longitudinal study pp. 583-594

Pan Huifeng and Hong-Youl Ha

Empowering entrepreneurial intention through entrepreneurial self-efficacy: comparison of farmers with and without entrepreneurial experience in Taiwan pp. 595-611

Chaoyun Liang and Chao-Chien Chen

Universities in the new normal: striving for a feasible utopia? pp. 612-619

Keith Jackson

Sustainability in the entrepreneurial ecosystem: operating mechanisms and enterprise growth pp. 620-626

Xifeng Lu, Biaoan Shan and Yi Pu

Public sector management pp. 626-630

Eva Hanada

Zhongguancun model: driving the dual engines of science & technology and capital pp. 630-634

Peihua Fan and Mingjun Hou

Driving development: revisiting Razak’s role in Malaysia’s economic progress pp. 634-636

Sonia Kumari Selvarajan

Handbook of international human resource development: context, processes and people pp. 637-643

Keith Jackson

Contents tourism in Japan: pilgrimages to the ‘sacred sites’ of popular culture pp. 643-647

Keith Jackson

India’s recent inward foreign direct investment: an assessment pp. 647-649

Sununta Siengthai

Volume 27, issue 3, 2021

Business models in the Asia-Pacific: dynamic balancing of multiple cultures, innovation and value creation pp. 331-341

Tachia Chin, Qianqian Hu, Chris Rowley and Shouyang Wang

Confucian business model canvas in the Asia Pacific: a Yin-Yang harmony cognition to value creation and innovation pp. 342-358

Tachia Chin, Yi Shi, Chris Rowley and Jianwei Meng

User-driven business model innovation: an ethnographic inquiry into Toutiao in the Chinese context pp. 359-377

Li-Chung Chang, Xin Wang, Su-Qun Zhang, Chang-Bin Chen, Zhi-Hong Yuan, Xian-Ju Zeng, Jian-Qi Chu and San-Bing Tsai

How business model innovation overcomes barriers during manufacturers’ servitization transformation: a case study of two top piano manufacturers in China pp. 378-404

Qiang Xu, Jinghui Yu, Jianxin Xu, Guangxi Zhang and Canying Liang

‘It’s not like we can charge for everything’: revenue models to capture value from smart services in Pacific Asia pp. 405-430

Moritz Classen and Thomas Friedli

New business models and government features: an example from China pp. 431-443

Haixu Bao, Xiao Hu and Lijuan Si

The business model and innovation mix in the transition of contract manufacturers in the greater China region pp. 444-469

Tung-Fei Tsai-Lin, Hui-Ru Chi and Yuan-Chieh Chang

Influencing mechanism of strategic flexibility on corporate performance: the mediating role of business model innovation pp. 470-492

Hongjun Xiao, Zhen Yang and Yelin Hu

Volume 27, issue 2, 2021

Introduction: the role and relevance of literature reviews and research in the Asia Pacific pp. 145-149

Chris Rowley and Justin Paul

The role of Zhong-Yong thinking in business and management research: a review and future research agenda pp. 150-179

Binyao Ning, Rosmini Omar, Ye Ye, Hiram Ting and Man Ning

Innovation implementation in Asia-Pacific countries: a review and research agenda pp. 180-208

Shiwangi Singh, Justin Paul and Sanjay Dhir

Innovation efficiency: a bibliometric review and future research agenda pp. 209-228

Juying Zeng, Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano and Jun Ren

Responsible tourism towards sustainable development: literature review and research agenda pp. 229-266

Sanjana Mondal and Kaushik Samaddar

Internal marketing: a review and future research agenda pp. 267-300

Fatima Saman Qaisar and Nazlida Muhamad

Changing patterns of the teacher as a servant leader in Asia Pacific: a review and research agenda pp. 301-330

Puja Khatri, Sumedha Dutta and Neeraj Kaushik

Volume 27, issue 1, 2021

Leadership, performance and socialist reforms: how did reform leadership emerge and create change? pp. 1-10

Chris Rowley, Ingyu Oh and Wonho Jang

Transitional leaders in China: the increasing importance of political acumen among private entrepreneurs pp. 11-28

Yaping Zhou, Yinan Li and Donggen Rui

The key elements of strategic leadership capabilities to the latecomer firm: the case of RT Mart’s success in the Chinese retail industry pp. 29-52

Jungwon Yoon and Moon-Gi Suh

A meta-analysis of top management team compositional characteristics and corporate innovation in China pp. 53-76

Xuhua Wei, Huan Yang and Siyi Han

The impact of authentic leadership on employee creativity in Vietnam: a mediating effect of psychological contract and moderating effects of subcultures pp. 77-100

Tran Huy Phuong and Kiyoshi Takahashi

The effect of innovation and leadership on performance in China and Vietnam pp. 101-110

Nuttawuth Muenjohn, Jun Ishikawa, Peamawat Muenjohn, Mumtaz Ali Memon and Hiram Ting

Employee voice mechanisms, transformational leadership, group prototypicality, and voice behaviour: a comparison of portfolio career workers in Japan, Korea and China pp. 111-144

Seonjo Kim and Jun Ishikawa

Volume 26, issue 5, 2020

The enigma of Chinese business: understanding corporate performance through managerial ties pp. 529-536

Chris Rowley and Ingyu Oh

An empirical investigation on how big data analytics influence China SMEs performance: do product and process innovation matter? pp. 537-562

Hamza Saleem, Yongjun Li, Zulqurnain Ali, Aqsa Mehreen and Muhammad Salman Mansoor

High-performance work systems in mainland China: a review and research agenda pp. 563-587

Yujie Cai

Does cooperative goal interdependence facilitate market orientation? A top management’s firm–customer perspective in China pp. 588-612

Yifeng Nancy Chen, Mike Chao and Yuejie Pan

How do managerial ties influence the effectuation and causation of entrepreneurship in China? The role of entrepreneurs’ cognitive bias pp. 613-641

Wenwei Zhang, Wenhong Zhao, Yu Gao and Zhenxin Xiao

When does environmental corporate social responsibility promote managerial ties in China? The moderating role of industrial power and market hierarchy pp. 642-662

Shuyang Wang, Zelong Wei, Xi Song, Sanggyun Na and Jing Ye

Run away or stick together: the impact of firm misbehavior on alliance partners’ defection in China pp. 663-689

Lucy Sojung Lee and Weiguo Zhong

Handbook on the international political economy of China pp. 690-691

Gordon Redding

The China-Pakistan economic corridor of the belt and road initiative concept, context and assessment pp. 691-695

Muhammad Afzaal

Volume 26, issue 4, 2020

Control and collaboration in Philippine conglomerates: an empirical study on the effects of board structural characteristics on firm performance pp. 375-395

Regina M. Lizares

Parent-firm advantages and management control effects on subsidiary performance in emerging economies: a study of foreign direct investment in Thailand pp. 396-424

Yunshi Mao, Ornicha Norkaew and Yangchun Liu

Profiling the paternalistic manager: leadership excellence in the Philippines pp. 425-452

Christopher Selvarajah, Denny Meyer and Pradeepa Dahanayake

Effects of public pension funds and Stewardship Code on dividends and firm value: evidence from National Pension Service of Korea pp. 453-477

Yun Kyung Kim and Yunsung Koh

Multi-level and multi-faceted institutional dynamics: neoliberal reforms in Korean universities, 2008–2013 pp. 478-502

Dongyoub Shin and Daehun Chung

Leadership: critical perspectives and emerging opportunities in a complex and imperfect world pp. 503-508

Keith Jackson

Islands, maps, conflicts: the recurring relevance of physical geography in the Asia Pacific pp. 509-517

Keith Jackson

Gateway cities in global production networks: insights from the oil and gas industry in Southeast Asia pp. 518-520

Susan Kurdli

Analytics in healthcare: a practical introduction pp. 520-522

Manu Sharma and Sudhanshu Joshi

Digital transformation in business and society: theory and cases pp. 523-525

Saleh Shahriar

India’s recent inward foreign direct investment: an assessment pp. 525-527

Dilip K. Das

Volume 26, issue 3, 2020

Japanese investment location choice in the US: a home-country firm bandwagon effect pp. 239-264

Rémy Magnier-Watanabe

The regional nature of Japanese firms: antecedents and consequences pp. 265-285

Hitoshi Iwashita

Exploring managerial leadership in Vietnam: where Confucianism meets Dharma pp. 286-312

Christopher Selvarajah and Denny Meyer

The effects of organizational mindfulness on ethical behaviour and firm performance: empirical evidence from Vietnam pp. 313-335

Nguyen Phong Nguyen, Huiying Wu, Felicitas Evangelista and Thu Ngoc Quynh Nguyen

The application of categorization and stereotype content theories to country of origin image: Vietnamese perceptions towards Korean wave brands pp. 336-361

Hyeri Lee, Myung-Su Chae and Yong Kyu Lew

Understanding governance in contemporary Japan: transformation and the regulatory state pp. 362-366

Takahiro Ando

Wa: the essence of Japanese design pp. 366-368

Keith Jackson

Cool Japanese men: studying new masculinities at Cambridge pp. 368-373

Keith Jackson

Doing business in Korea pp. 373-374

Felicia Istad

Volume 26, issue 2, 2020

Dedication to Malcolm Warner pp. 109-110

Jane Nolan and Chris Rowley

Malcolm Warner: a tribute pp. 111-112

Gordon Redding

Whither guanxi and social networks in China? A review of theory and practice pp. 113-123

Jane Nolan and Chris Rowley

Ethical cronyism: an insider approach for building guanxi and leveraging business performance in China pp. 124-148

T. K. P. Leung and Bradley R. Barnes

Elective affinity between guanxi favouritism and market rationality: guanxi circles as governance structure in China’s private firms pp. 149-168

Yanjie Bian and Man Shuai

Organizational justice in Chinese banks: understanding the variable influence of guanxi on perceptions of fairness in performance appraisal pp. 169-189

Fan Gu, Jane Nolan and Chris Rowley

Gendered and sexualized guanxi: the use of erotic capital in the workplace in urban China pp. 190-208

Ling Tang

Founder’s social ties, learning and entrepreneurial knowledge acquisition in China pp. 209-229

Biaoan Shan and Xifeng Lu

Guanxi: how China works pp. 230-233

Jane Nolan

Systematic Reviews and Theory Building for Asia Pacific Business and Management: Directions for Research, Theory and Practice pp. 235-237

The Editors

Volume 26, issue 1, 2020

Trends in Chinese management and business: change, Confucianism, leadership, knowledge & innovation pp. 1-8

Chris Rowley and Ingyu Oh

Folk tales and organizational change: an integrative model for Chinese management pp. 9-20

Ronald Busse

Does Confucian management exist in Chinese companies? An examination of the intersection between cultural influence and business practice in China pp. 21-31

Andrew Atherton

An examination of three-way interactions of paternalistic leadership in China pp. 32-49

Wai Kwan Lau, Zhen Li and John Okpara

Interpersonal feelings and knowledge seeking in China pp. 50-71

Michael Jijin Zhang

Effects of organizational innovation and technological innovation capabilities on firm performance: evidence from firms in China’s Pearl River Delta pp. 72-96

Quan Chen, Chun-Hsien Wang and Shi-Zheng Huang

China’s crisis of success pp. 97-107

Gordon Redding

Building a normative order in the South China Sea: evolving disputes, expanding options pp. 99-104

Paul Barratt

Silk Road to Belt Road: reinventing the past and shaping the future pp. 104-107

Muhammad Afzaal