A key element that enables a firm to achieve better performance is a fit between environment and firm strategy. A review of the literature on strategic management reveals that this relationship is moderated by other contextual variables, and that these contextual variables have not been systematically studied. The major focus of this study was to examine the impact of an important contextual variable, property ownership type, on the environment-strategy relationship and its performance implications. To guide this study theoretically, the literature on organizational environment, strategy, the environment-strategy relationship, and property ownership was reviewed, and theoretical implications discussed. It was hypothesized that (1) firms exhibiting same ownership type were likely to respond to perceived environment with similar strategy, and such responses varied across ownership types, (2) such strategic decisions would lead to better firm performance, and (3) in addition to the indirect impact of ownership on performance through the environment-strategy relationship, ownership type also had direct impact on performance. In order to test these hypotheses, constructs were operationalized in multidimensional manner. Perceived environment was operationalized in terms of three dimensions (resource scarcity, dynamism, and complexity), and strategy was operationalized in terms of five dimensions (futurity, proactiveness, analysis, defensiveness, and riskiness). Each of these dimensions were found to be theoretically significant in previous research. The research was set in the People’s Republic of China. Two hundred and two firms were surveyed, and these firms represented four ownership types (state enterprises, collective enterprises, joint venture enterprises, and private enterprises). Analysis of results suggest that ownership type is a theoretically important variable that has significant impact on variables that subject to managerial control. Firm ownership type moderated the magnitude (in two ownership types) and configuration (in another two ownership types) of environment-strategy relationship. This moderating effect of ownership led to significant performance implications. Moreover, firm ownership also had significant direct impact on firm performance. Findings from this study contribute insight into the environment-strategy relationship and hold promise for studying strategic management issues in former centrally planned economies undergoing transition toward market economies. / Ph. D.

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / China Area Studies / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

by Hsu Wen-pin Benjamin. / Bibliography: leaves 58-60 / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1986

Ngai, Fai Shuet. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-72). / ABSTRACT / ACKNOWLEDGMENT / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Management Structure Before1978 --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Post-1978 Enterprise Reform --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- An Introduction to Wuhan --- p.8 / Chapter 1.4 --- A Review of Recent Empirical Studies on the Productivity of Chinese Industry --- p.13 / Chapter 1.5 --- Aims of the Study --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- "Wuhan's Industrial Productivity Changes, 1962-1992" --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Theoretical Framework --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Production Function Estimates --- p.26 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Productivity Changes --- p.27 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- The Sources of Productivity Differences - Theoretical Foundation --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Technological Progress --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Incentive to Work --- p.3 6 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- The Bonus Payment --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- The Retained Profit --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Vintage Adjustment on Capital --- p.41 / Chapter 3.4 --- The Refined Production Function --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- The Sources of Productivity Differences - Empirical Analysis --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Estimation Procedure --- p.46 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Empirical Results --- p.49 / Chapter 4.3 --- Discussions on Sources of Productivity Differences --- p.54 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- "An Analysis on Allocative Efficiency,1987-89" --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1 --- An Introduction --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Value of Marginal Products and Their Implications --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Concluding Remarks --- p.64 / REFERENCES --- p.67 / APPENDIXES --- p.73 / Appendix 1: The Data Set --- p.74 / Appendix 2: The Correction on Capital --- p.76 / Appendix 3: A Summary of Notations --- p.78 / Appendix 4: The Relationship between Payment Scheme and the Incentive to Work --- p.79 / "Appendix 5a: Mean, Variance, Maximum and Minimum for Each Variable (Original Data)" --- p.81 / "Appendix 5b: Mean, Variance, Maximum and Minimum for Each Variable (Without outliers)" --- p.83

丘海雄. / 論文(哲學博士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院社會學學部, 1996. / 參考文献 : leaves 175-182. / Qiu Haixiong. / Chapter 第一篇 --- 理论和方法 --- p.1 / 导言 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一章 --- 相关的理论 --- p.2 / Chapter 第一节 --- 理性选择理论 --- p.2 / Chapter 第二节 --- 劳动力市场及雇佣关系的理论 --- p.9 / Chapter 第三节 --- 中国劳动力市场及雇佣制度的研究 --- p.16 / Chapter 第二章 --- 本文的理论和方法 --- p.22 / Chapter 第一节 --- 理论架构 --- p.23 / Chapter 第二节 --- 研究方法 --- p.25 / 第一篇 注释 --- p.27 / Chapter 第二篇 --- 制度 --- p.33 / 导言 --- p.33 / Chapter 第三章 --- 劳动用工 --- p.35 / Chapter 第一节 --- 招收工人 --- p.35 / Chapter 第二节 --- 用工形式 --- p.39 / Chapter 第三节 --- 劳动管理 --- p.45 / Chapter 第四节 --- 工人流动 --- p.50 / 小結 --- p.56 / Chapter 第四章 --- 工资分配 --- p.58 / Chapter 第一节 --- 工资分配制度改革综述 --- p.58 / Chapter 第二节 --- 企业之间的分化 --- p.61 / Chapter 第三节 --- 内部工资制度 --- p.65 / Chapter 第四节 --- 工资改革的效果 --- p.74 / 小結 --- p.78 / Chapter 第五章 --- 福利保险 --- p.81 / Chapter 第一节 --- 住房分配 --- p.81 / Chapter 第二节 --- 医疗照顾 --- p.87 / Chapter 第三节 --- 劳动保险 --- p.95 / 小結 --- p.108 / 第二篇 注释 --- p.110 / Chapter 第三篇 --- 行动 --- p.124 / 导言 --- p.124 / Chapter 第六章 --- 工作价值和态度 --- p.124 / Chapter 第一节 --- 工作价值和满足感 --- p.124 / Chapter 第二节 --- 对有关改革的评价 --- p.129 / Chapter 第三节 --- 转工和第二职业的意愿和取向 --- p.131 / Chapter 第四节 --- 对工人、工会和企业地位的评价 --- p.133 / Chapter 第五节 --- 对解决问题的途径的评价 --- p.137 / 小結 --- p.138 / Chapter 第七章 --- 工人的行动选择 --- p.139 / Chapter 第一节 --- 一家两制 --- p.139 / Chapter 第二节 --- 一人两制 --- p.146 / 小結 --- p.160 / 讨论和总结 --- p.175 / 第三篇 注释 --- p.175 / 参考文献 --- p.175 / 英文参考书目 --- p.175 / 中文参考书目 --- p.180

by Chau Tak-Tai Stanley, Ho Wai-Kit. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-41). / ABSTRACT --- p.3 / Chapter / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.6 / Chapter 1.1 --- Market Outlook - increased unemployment rate --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Changing Stereotype --- p.7 / Chapter 2 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Overview --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Approach --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3 --- Frameworks --- p.9 / Chapter 2.4 --- Supporting Evidence --- p.9 / Chapter 3 --- HONG KONG FAMILY BUSINESSES --- p.11 / Chapter 3.1 --- Overview --- p.11 / Chapter 3.2 --- Definition --- p.11 / Chapter 3.3 --- Family Business Strategies and Motivation --- p.12 / Chapter 3.4 --- academic findings --- p.13 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- General identification --- p.14 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Family Factors --- p.15 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Financial issues --- p.20 / Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusion --- p.21 / Chapter 4 --- ANALYSIS --- p.23 / Chapter 4.1 --- Analytical Frameworks --- p.23 / Chapter 4.2 --- Michael Porter's Five Forces Model --- p.23 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- The Hong Kong Family Business Market --- p.24 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Conclusion --- p.27 / Chapter 4.3 --- Cambridge Associates' Drivers of Value Model --- p.27 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Cambridge Associates --- p.27 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Drivers of Value Model --- p.27 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Drivers of Value - Hong Kong Family Business 2003 --- p.28 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion of the Analysis --- p.29 / Chapter 5 --- SURVEY RESULTS --- p.30 / Chapter 5.1 --- Survey Highlights --- p.30 / Chapter 5.2 --- Survey Limitations --- p.33 / Chapter 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.34 / Chapter 7 --- RECOMMENDATION --- p.35 / Chapter 7.1 --- Planning --- p.35 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.40 / APPENDIX --- p.43 / Surveys --- p.43