Overview
The Greater Pearl River Delta (China) is one of the world's mega-city regions. Its electronics industry is an important driver for economic growth and prosperity in China with firms that are highly flexible and quickly adapting to changing markets. The objective of this volume is to understand how informal modes of governance in customer and producer relations contribute to a flexible production network. It investigates whether informal interactions make up for constantly changing formal regulations in China or smooth business operations as an innovative mean to manage a firm's network. The findings show that firms in the Greater Pearl River Delta organise their network by using a combination of formal and informal means in recruiting, contracting and enforcing processes. This research contributes to a better understanding of the complex business model in China and its implications for organisational novelty as such.
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Author: Susanne Meyer
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Imprint: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Volume: 1
Dimensions:
Width: 16.80cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.90cm
Weight: 0.399kg
ISBN: 9783515098496
ISBN 10: 3515098496
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 24 March 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""The effort made in interviewing hundreds of firms using different research methods is probably one of the biggest achievements of this book in a context where secondary data are not very reliable and direct interviews are very difficult to obtain. [...] The fact that while reading the book new research questions arose is a signal of the quality of this research."""
The effort made in interviewing hundreds of firms using different research methods is probably one of the biggest achievements of this book in a context where secondary data are not very reliable and direct interviews are very difficult to obtain. [...] The fact that while reading the book new research questions arose is a signal of the quality of this research.
Author Information
Susanne Meyer arbeitet seit 2010 am Zentrum fur Wirtschafts- und Innovationsforschung bei der Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH in Wien (Osterreich). Ihr Schwerpunkt liegt auf Forschungsarbeiten zur wissensbasierten Regionalentwicklung, grenzuberschreitender Unternehmensorganisation und empirischer Wissenschafts-, Technologie- und Innovationsforschung. Von 2006-2009 war sie als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin und Dozentin am Institut fur Wirtschafts- und Kulturgeographie der Leibniz Universitat Hannover (Deutschland) beschaftigt. Dort promovierte sie im Bereich Wirtschaftsgeographie uber Unternehmensnetzwerke in China und Hongkong.
