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Has Japan’s corporate governance reform reached a turning point? Some cautionary notes Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 John Buchanan, Simon Deakin
Japan has identified corporate governance as an important element in its attempt to reform its economic system. A combination of political will and sustained implementation by civil servants has pr...
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Remedying Japan’s deficient investment in people Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Yoshifumi Nakata
This paper asks if there is deficiency of investment in people in Japan. To answer this question we examine comparative and historical data, as well as the reasons behind the data. We then look at ...
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Adult learners’ online distance learning experience in postgraduate business programme: a qualitative study in a public university in Malaysia Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Wang Yunyan, Poh-Chuin Teo, Theresa C. F. Ho, Ong Choon Hee
Amidst the growing demand for lifelong learning, higher education institutions are dynamically navigating the realm of online education, prompted by technological advances and global influences lik...
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Evidence-based policy making in Japan’s public expenditure: compatibility of fiscal health and investing for the future Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Nobuo Akai
This article focuses on the introduction of evidence-based policy making (EBPM) in Japan, especially in the context of the Kishida administration’s Grand Design and Action Plan for a New Form of Ca...
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Japan’s triple sustainability challenge Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Tokutaro Nakai
Starting with a broad overview of the need for urgent action concerning climate change globally, this paper then reviews the evolution of environmental policy in Japan up to and including green tra...
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Much to be done in Japan’s family and gender equality policies Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Nobuko Nagase
Prime Minister Kishida’s ‘unprecedented’ measures to counter declining births in Japan include increasing youth incomes, extending childcare leave entitlement and employee social insurance entitlem...
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Can affirmative action overcome STEM gender inequality in Japan? Expectations and concerns Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Hiromi M. Yokoyama, Yuko Ikkatai, Euan McKay, Atsushi Inoue, Azusa Minamizaki, Kei Kano
Compounding skill shortages from Japan’s shrinking and ageing workforce is low female participation in research and science-related areas. Why do so few women choose to work in science, technology,...
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The ‘new trinity’ reform of labour markets in Japan Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Fangmiao Zou
This paper discusses the ‘new trinity’ reform of labour markets proposed in 2023, which is an integral part of Japan’s New Form of Capitalism. After providing an overview of the reform’s three comp...
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Japan’s quest for a sustainable, virtuous circle of growth and innovation Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 D. Hugh Whittaker
Large Japanese corporations which have accumulated substantial reserves are now under pressure to spend them, but on what, or on whom? Should they increase their (domestic) capital and R&D expendit...
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Society 5.0 and new capitalism: complementarities and contradictions Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Sébastien Lechevalier
In a context of proliferation of concepts proposed by the Japanese government and major other stakeholders, this paper aims at determining whether it is the sign of an intellectual and political dy...
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The transformation of science, technology and innovation (STI) policy in Japan Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Tateo Arimoto
This note sketches the evolution and growing centrality of Japan’s science, technology and innovation (STI) policy over the past quarter century, from the Basic Law on Science and Technology in 199...
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Reforming Japanese capitalism: introduction Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 D. Hugh Whittaker, Yoshifumi Nakata
Is Japan creating a new economic model through digital and green transformation which will overcome its ‘lost decades’ lethargy and demographic challenges? Do Society 5.0, DX, GX, ‘new/sustainable ...
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The impact of corporate social responsibility: corporate activities, the environment and society Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Qiqi Wang, Jing Yang
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Beyond the gender gap in Japan Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Sijia Liu
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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How does the prior experience of complementary entrepreneurs affect the perception of multisided platform affordance? Evidences from China Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Qi Zhang, Shijian Fang
Evidences from cognitive science and neuroscience suggest that affordance needs to be understood by combining epistemology. However, existing studies have not agreed on whether prior experience aff...
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Major government customers and organizational resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from China Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Weimin Xie, Jialu Guo, Hengxin Zhang
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains and threatened firm survival. By analysing Chinese listed private firms from 2017 to 2022, we examine the impact of government customers on orga...
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Family-owned enterprises in Asia: challenges of and opportunities for business succession Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Keith Jackson
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Japan, the sustainable society: the artisanal ethos, ordinary virtues, and everyday life in the age of limits Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Paul F. Gentle
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Comparing Islamic and Western perspectives on leadership Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Gulnoza Ibadullaeva
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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How do live-stream channels shape impulse buying behaviour? Empirical research on Vietnamese youth Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Anh D. Pham, Ngoc H. Pham, Minh N. Nguyen, Ngoc T. H. Giap, Dung L. Bui, Trang L. Bui, Trang T. T. Dao
The emergence of live-streaming commerce in Vietnam has brought about a transformative shift in the traditional business landscape, facilitating direct interactions between suppliers and consumers....
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Is there innovation in the K-pop industry? A theoretical perspective Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Jangwoo Lee, Lynn Pyun
This paper proposes a novel theoretical perspective which views the K-pop industry through the lens of M-ies model. To date, the innovative aspects of K-pop have been largely neglected by business ...
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The globalization of postcolonial pop music: putting the success of the K-pop industries into theoretical perspectives Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Paul Lopes, Ingyu Oh, Lynn Pyun
It is uncontested that the unexpected rise of K-pop in the last decades has been no less than impressive. Korea has become the 7th largest music market in the world, and K-pop idol groups routinely...
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The effects of differential organizational culture types on firm and individual performance in Eastern and Western cultural countries including China and the United States: a meta-analysis Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Haifeng Wang, Jing Li, Pengfei Han, Liang Ouyang
ABSTRACT To study the differences in the firm-level and individual-level performance in different organizational cultures, we employ meta-analysis methods to examine the differential impact of the clan, adhocracy, hierarchy, and market culture on firm and individual performance, basing on the Competing Values Framework (CVF) classification. This article includes 49 studies with 76,437 firm-level samples
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Innovation and entrepreneurship in East Asia during the digital era: post-pandemic prospects Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Biaoan Shan, Ingyu Oh, Chris Rowley
The global economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic is posing more challenges and problems than expected. Amid the re-building, innovation and entrepreneurship driven by digital technologies a...
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Small and medium enterprises, law and business: uncertainty and justice Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Xinghua Cao
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The role of cultural diversity in creating value: a case study of South Korea’s pop band BTS Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Doug J. Chung, Kay R. Koo
Globalization has heightened the significance of cultural diversity. Embracing cultural diversity within an organization provides a number of benefits, such as enhanced creativity and a comprehensi...
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Implementing global corporate social responsibility locally: the example of multinational enterprises and international joint ventures in Myanmar Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Tim G. Andrews, Khongphu Nimanandh, Chris Rowley, Khin Thi Htun, Kunsiree Kowsuvon
ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an ever more important and increasingly high profile, visible and commented on part of business operations. This is especially so for multinational enterprises (MNEs) seeking practice adherence to global CSR policy when operating international joint ventures (IJVs). In this context we look at the example of land grabbing, a pervasive commercial
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K-pop music diffusion in Korea and East Asia: the convergence of visual technology and concrete narratives Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Tariq H. Malik
This study explores the diffusion of Korean popular music (K-Pop) across East Asian countries and aims to understand why it has undergone such fast diffusion throughout the region. For this researc...
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Leading digital business model transformation in the K-pop industry: the case of SM Entertainment Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Jaeyoung Cho, Yiyang Bian, Jangwoo Lee
Despite the role of digital technologies in increasing the popularity of K-pop, little is known about how K-pop entertainment companies digitally transform their business models and the driving for...
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Empowering women for leadership roles in the post-pandemic era Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Sijia Liu
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Vol. 29, No. 4, 2023)
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From Korea to the world: women’s role as peer-leaders in K-pop transnational online brand communities Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Pascal Brassier
Focusing on online brand communities (OBCs) centred around K-pop music consumption, this study explores the influential role of women as peer-leaders. By analysing data from Twitter using social ne...
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Upgrading new product development performance in digital context: a configuration analysis based on fsQCA Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Anwei Gu, Susu Chen, Biao Chen, Xiaoju Liu
New product development (NPD) is necessary for enterprises’ growth and the maintenance of competitive advantage. Although previous studies have explored the multiple antecedents of NPD performance,...
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Designing a Japanese university for the Asian Century: discovery, harmony, inspiration Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Keith Jackson
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Vol. 29, No. 4, 2023)
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Entrepreneurship education: scholarly progress and future challenges Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Yuko Inada
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Are government subsidies or preferential listing policies better for the market performance of tech firms? Evidence from Korea Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Soon Suk Yoon, Hyo Jin Kim
Tech firms are growth engines in modern economies. We examine which policies, government subsidies or preferential listing, work better for tech firms’ performance. We test whether Korean tech firm...
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The international strategy for Korean pop music: what makes K-pop listed on Billboard Hot 100? Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Hyeseon Hwang, Ingyu Oh, Paul Lopes
Based on a sample of most popular 300 K-pop songs between 2009 and 2021, we investigate why only 44 of them were listed on Billboard Hot 100 despite K-pop’s global popularity in terms of YouTube vi...
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Deliberate calm: how to learn and lead in a volatile world Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Keith Jackson
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Digital technology and enterprise knowledge management: literature review and theoretical framework construction Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-04-14 Wei Yan, Yiyu Xiong, Anwei Gu, Heng Lu, Xiangxian Zhang
This paper systematically analyses the research on enterprise knowledge management and digital technology. We used VOSviewer to carry out topic cluster analysis and found that current research can ...
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Father–daughter succession in family business: a cross-cultural perspective Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Ngwenya Sibonginkosi Bryleen
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Three-tier SME internationalization process model: a Vietnam study on the relationship between managerial capacity, innovation strategies and technological and innovation leadership Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Christopher Selvarajah, Suku Sukunesan, Denny Meyer
ABSTRACT Drawing on the strategic capacity-building perspective, we examine the mediating roles of three innovation strategies, i.e. export formalization, foreign business networking, and proactive competitiveness between managerial capacity and technological and innovation leadership in SME internationalization. Employing a sample of 900 Vietnamese SMEs, we found support for a three-staged internationalization
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A corpus-based analysis of discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative: Corpora and the Belt and Road Initiative, Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Yanli Fu
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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When the window of opportunity opens: how does open search impact the business model design of digital startups? Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Hai Guo, Xiaoyu Li, Chao Wang
Open search is crucial to business model design. In recent years, the digital revolution has significantly reshaped the open search environment and the business model landscape. The traditional ‘ei...
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A study on artificial intelligence orientation and new venture performance Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Dayuan Li, Zhuang Pan, Ding Wang, Lu Zhang
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new engine of future economic development. As a new force in the market economy, the issue of whether AI is related to the higher performance of new ventures in ...
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Effects of talent status and leader-member exchange on innovative work behaviour in talent management in Japan Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Hideki S. Tanaka, Nobutaka Ishiyama
This study examined the effects of talent status (TS) on innovative work behaviour (IWB) and the moderating effects of leader-member relationship quality (LMX) on the relationship between TS and IW...
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Impact of dual-class share structure: Alibaba IPO success analysis Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Shuai Shao
ABSTRACT In September 2014, Alibaba went public in the United States through the largest IPO (initial public offering) in history, raising $21.8 billion and elevating the company’s value to $218.7 billion. The successful listing of Alibaba, the world’s largest online and mobile commerce enterprise, has attracted a lot of attention to investment strategy; in particular, the dual-class share structure
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Choosing textbooks for business and management education in Japan: buy, create, or translate? Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Keith Jackson
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Top management support, green training and organization’s environmental performance: the electric power sector in Vietnam Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Thang Ngoc Nguyen, Chris Rowley, Gary N. McLean, Huong Thi Thu Nguyen, Thanh Xuan Nguyen
ABSTRACT We developed a research model to explore the direct and indirect influences of top management support of an organization’s environmental performance in the Vietnamese electric power sector. Results from a survey of 203 senior managers were used to test the hypotheses. The analysis showed that top management support directly influenced both green training and environmental performance. The
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Human capital, growth, and competitiveness of Philippine MSMEs: the mediating role of social capital Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-12-20 Elaine Borazon, Jen-Ming Liu, Fevzi Okumus
ABSTRACT Based on the human capital and social capital theories, this study aims to explore how micro, small and medium enterprises utilize strategic resources to drive growth and competitiveness. Data were collected from 309 micro, small, and medium restaurant owners and managers and two-stage structural equation modelling was conducted to test the hypothesized relationships. The research findings
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Gendered melancholia as cultural branding: fandom participation in the K-pop community Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Ingyu Oh, Kyeong-Jun Kim
K-pop poses several conundrums to international business and marketing specialists regarding its global success. This paper tests two hypotheses drawn from branding theory, feminist theory and fand...
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Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: narratives from our quarter Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Sijia Liu
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Ahead of Print, 2022)
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The development of human resource management in Vietnam: a systematic review post-1980s Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Anne Cox, Chris Rowley
ABSTRACT This study reviews research on human resource management (HRM) in the state, foreign invested and private sectors over the last four decades in Vietnam as it emerged into an increasingly important economic powerhouse. This has two purposes: reviewing and synthesizing the extant literature into key themes and outlining avenues for future research. Nine salient themes emerge and shows diversity
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Hierarchical business value of post-adoption cross-border e-commerce assimilation towards innovation performance: evidence from Malaysian manufacturing SMEs Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-11-21 Jocelyn Meiwei Koh, Yuan Liu
ABSTRACT The growing importance of the post-adoption phase of cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) assimilation for various purposes in the innovation process, leading to innovative performance, is researched. This study leverages a routine-based absorptive capacity framework, added to uncover the hierarchical benefits of innovation in CBEC assimilation. A Partial Least Square path model is used to examine
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What explains Alibaba’s miraculous IPO success on the New York stock exchange? Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Kailei Wei, Libo Xiao, Yang Fang, Chunxia Jiang
ABSTRACT Shattering the all-time high record of $68.15 billion set by AT&T in April 2000, Alibaba became the world’s largest IPO, raising $169.4 billion at the New York Stock Exchange in September 2014. Using this outstanding case, the underlying drivers for foreign IPO success were explored. Four propositions are elaborated on: (1) companies choose the capital market with the institutional environment
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Interaction between individual and collective learning in an entrepreneurial setting: case study of SoftBank Academia in Japan Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Ikutaro Enatsu, Masato Horio, Nobutaka Ishiyama
ABSTRACT This study presents a theoretical model of interaction between individual and collective levels of entrepreneurial learning. We conducted a qualitative study on SoftBank Academia (SBA), an institute for human resource development to develop potential successors to Masayoshi Son, the founder of SoftBank Group in Japan. In SBA, there’s simultaneously a high level of competition and cooperation
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Strategic orientation, innovation, and the effects of entrepreneurial support mechanism in SMEs in South Korea: an application of subject-mechanism-performance congruence model Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-11-01 Sehoon Kim
ABSTRACT This study investigates the causal relationships among strategic orientation, innovation, and entrepreneurial support mechanisms. Strategic orientation is significant for innovation, and support mechanisms are organizational processes that mediate the innovation generating path. This study hypothesizes that the support mechanism consists of Culture, Structure, Reward, and Procedure and advances
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Ethical leadership in business: why it matters and how it is achieved Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-10-14 Peihua Fan, Tingting Lu
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Vol. 30, No. 1, 2024)
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Will Alibaba’s additional financial service contribute to sellers’ satisfaction and loyalty during the pandemic? Evidence from Taobao sellers Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-10-04 Juanjuan Wang, Lin Jiang, Wentong Liu
ABSTRACT Electronic commerce (e-commerce) has shown dramatic growth in recent decades, and sellers on e-commerce platforms have also been affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. By collecting data from 313 Taobao sellers, we investigated the relationships among e-commerce platform additional financial service quality, sellers’ satisfaction, and loyalty to the platform, as well as the moderating roles
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Overcoming the liability of foreignness in US capital markets: the case of Alibaba and Coupang Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Vanesa Pesqué-Cela, Jiarong Li, Yun Kyung Kim
ABSTRACT Drawing on signalling theory and using the cases of Alibaba and Coupang, we investigate whether and how venture capital-backed companies from emerging markets use CSR to overcome the liability of foreignness when going public in the US. Our findings suggest that such firms strategically increase their CSR activities prior to their IPO in order to signal legitimacy to investors. They also suggest
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Mediation of work engagement towards productive behaviour in remote work environments during pandemic: testing the job demands and resources model in Japan Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Kiyoshi Takahashi, Ryosuke Yokoya, Tomohiro Higuchi
Based on the job demands and resources model, this study assumes that remote work, supervisory behaviours and employee job crafting are leveraged by work engagement to increase individual goal atta...
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Entrepreneurship in Korea: from chaebols to start-ups Asia Pacific Business Review (IF 2.011) Pub Date : 2022-06-27 Yuko Inada
Published in Asia Pacific Business Review (Vol. 28, No. 4, 2022)