The paper examines the behavior of the Chinese state owned enterprises after the reform. The focus is on the key issue of government-enterprise interaction. Based on theoretical analyses and empirical tests, I argue that despite facing strong profit incentives, many of the Chinese state-owned enterprises are still greatly influenced by the government and dependent on the government. They behave...

Are firms born Global? Because knowledge spillovers that lead to new venture creation are geographically constrained we believe that firms are born local. It follows that the decision to create sustainable new ventures is independent from the decision to internationalize, even if that is the ultimate goal of the firm. We explore two avenues to internationalize new ventures, a direct path descri...

This paper analyses the effects of regulatory reforms and corporate restructuring on the firmlevel investments of telecommunications industry. A dynamic model of incumbents’ investment in network assets allows to test the explaining strength of several aspects of regulation, competition and corporate structure. The sample includes telecommunications incumbents from the enlarged European Union a...

In platform ecosystems, the platform provider seeks to derive increasing returns over time as the ecosystem of backing actors grows more numerous. While a growing body of research has addressed the ecosystem strategies of large enterprises, less attention has been paid to small firms in the role of platform providers. As small firms do not possess the resources of large enterprises, they are no...

Today, the majority of Ukrainian enterprises do not effectively manage their tax obligations. This state affairs is mostly due to lack practical use-oriented tools and methods organizing management system component economic activity enterprise. especially applies mechanism for managing liabilities small enterprises. The purpose article analyze theoretical foundations functioning national instit...

Do Multinational Enterprises Substitute Parent Jobs for Foreign Ones? Evidence from European Firm-Level Panel Data* This Paper analyses the demand for labour by home multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Europe. To this end we use a unique firm-level panel data set of more than 1,200 European multinational enterprises and their subsidiaries that are located in either the European Union, Central a...

a limited series of studies on capital structure have been conducted on small-to-medium size enterprises (smes). recent family-bases business literature suggests that these processes are influenced by firm owners’ attitudes toward the utility of debt as a form of financing. other factors like culture, entrepreneurial characteristics, and prior experiences may also be involved. this study intend...

Companies that have achieved a certain level of knowledge growth are able to capitalize on the knowledge to improve their results (Tiwana, 2002). Enterprises can obtain their competitive advantages by acquiring useful knowledge. The knowledge acquisition process can take place both in the context of the internal relationships of the firms and of the external relationships with customers, suppli...

Based on the analysis of an innovative medium sized enterprise from mainland China, this paper investigated the knowledge management (KM) issues by focusing on its KM enablers and process. This paper attempts to investigate how Chinese enterprises absorb knowledge from external sources; how they developed culture to facilitate knowledge management processes; and what major challenges they raise...