Pub Date : 2023-08-08DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2256613
Qiang Liang, Xi Huang, Yuanrui Xu, Bo Wang
ABSTRACTFamily firms have attracted significant attention, prompting a surge of inquiry into their strategic choices. Drawing on institutional logics theory, we view the strategic choices of family firms as the interactive outcome of the dualistic system and the institutional environment. Empirical research conducted on listed family firms in China reveals that as family control increases, these firms tend to adopt conservative strategies. However, this relationship is influenced by the institutional environment. Specifically, the positive association is strengthened as marketization progresses but weakened as religious culture intensifies. These findings shed light on how the behavioural characteristics and strategic decisions of family firms, as an integral part of Chinese culture, are shaped and influenced by regional cultural institutions. We contend that during the process of marketization transformation, it is crucial to establish an internal culture within family firms that can reconcile the contradictions of internal logics. Additionally, significant importance should be placed on adapting to and leveraging the external institutional environment.KEYWORDS: Institutional logics theoryChinese family firmsstrategic orientationmarketizationtraditional culture Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 71972119; No.72272090], Provincial major research projects in Guangdong universities [No.2022WCXTD006] and the STU Scientific Research Initiation Grant [No. STF22027].Notes on contributorsQiang LiangQiang Liang is a Professor at the School of Business, Shantou University. He obtained his PhD from Sun Yat-sen University. His research focuses on family firm and innovation. He has published many papers in English and Chinese journals such as Chinese Management Studies, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Management World, etc.Xi HuangXi Huang is a graduate student at the School of Business, Shantou University. His research focuses on family firm and innovation.Yuanrui XuYuanrui Xu is a graduate student at the School of Business, Shantou University. Her research focuses on family firm and innovation.Bo WangBo Wang is an Assistant Professor at the School of Business, Shantou University. He obtained his PhD from Sun Yat-sen University. His research focuses on family firm, entrepreneurship and institution. He has published many papers in English and Chinese journals such as Management World, Nankai Business Review, etc.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-28DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2241762
Mingjun Hou
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{"title":"Digital economy, enterprise digital transformation, and digital business model: evidence from China","authors":"Mingjun Hou","doi":"10.1080/13602381.2023.2241762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2241762","url":null,"abstract":"Rights Performance and Reporting: The Impact of Women Managers.” Journal of Business Ethics 180 (2): 523–542. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04913-1 . Parveen, K., P. Q. B. Tran, A. A. Alghamdi, E. Namaziandost, S. Aslam, and T. Xiaowei. 2022. “Identifying the Leadership Challenges of K-12 Public Schools During COVID-19 Disruption: A Systematic Literature Review.” Frontiers in Psychology 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.875646 . Raven, B. H. 1965. “Social Influence and Power.” In Current Studies in Social Psychology, edited by D. Steiner and M. Fishbein, 371–382. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Reed, G. E. 2004. “Toxic Leadership.” Military Review 84 (4): 67–71. Waters, T., and Waters, D. 2015. “The Distribution of Power with the Gemeinschaft: Classes, Stände, Parties.“ Translated by Dagmar Waters and Tony Waters. In Weber’s Rationalism and Modern Society: New Translations on Politics, Bureaucracy and Social Stratification, edited by Dagmar Waters and Tony Waters, 37–85. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.","PeriodicalId":47156,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76251927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-27DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2239736
T. Andrews, Khongphu Nimanandh, C. Rowley, K. Htun, K. Kowsuvon
{"title":"Implementing global corporate social responsibility locally: the example of multinational enterprises and international joint ventures in Myanmar","authors":"T. Andrews, Khongphu Nimanandh, C. Rowley, K. Htun, K. Kowsuvon","doi":"10.1080/13602381.2023.2239736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2239736","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47156,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87088025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-26DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2237908
T. Malik
ABSTRACT 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 research, a multilevel model analysis is conducted to examine the role of concrete and abstract narratives in music industry diffusion. The results suggest that the entry of visual technologies into pop music has increased diffusion over that enabled by acoustic technology alone. Concrete narratives moderate the link between visual technology and music industry diffusion. Together, concrete technology and narrative produce positive results compared to those of either alone. Among countries, Korea and Japan are more closely related in terms of technology and narratives than, for instance, China and Vietnam, which also differ from one another. This study provides important insights into K-Pop diffusion and sheds light on the factors that influence the music industry’s growth in the East Asian region.
{"title":"K-pop music diffusion in Korea and East Asia: the convergence of visual technology and concrete narratives","authors":"T. Malik","doi":"10.1080/13602381.2023.2237908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2237908","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT 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 research, a multilevel model analysis is conducted to examine the role of concrete and abstract narratives in music industry diffusion. The results suggest that the entry of visual technologies into pop music has increased diffusion over that enabled by acoustic technology alone. Concrete narratives moderate the link between visual technology and music industry diffusion. Together, concrete technology and narrative produce positive results compared to those of either alone. Among countries, Korea and Japan are more closely related in terms of technology and narratives than, for instance, China and Vietnam, which also differ from one another. This study provides important insights into K-Pop diffusion and sheds light on the factors that influence the music industry’s growth in the East Asian region.","PeriodicalId":47156,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75956047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-13DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2229761
Jaeyoung Cho, Yiyang Bian, Jangwoo Lee
ABSTRACT 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 forces that shape this transformation. In this study, we present an in-depth case study of a pioneering K-pop entertainment company, SM Entertainment, whose founder’s charismatic leadership and organizational capabilities contribute to the digital transformation of its business model through market-pioneering strategies and strategic learning derived from continuous interactions with changing business environments. This transition to the digital business model ultimately leads to sustainable competitive advantages in the marketplace. The important theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
{"title":"Leading digital business model transformation in the K-pop industry: the case of SM Entertainment","authors":"Jaeyoung Cho, Yiyang Bian, Jangwoo Lee","doi":"10.1080/13602381.2023.2229761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2229761","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT 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 forces that shape this transformation. In this study, we present an in-depth case study of a pioneering K-pop entertainment company, SM Entertainment, whose founder’s charismatic leadership and organizational capabilities contribute to the digital transformation of its business model through market-pioneering strategies and strategic learning derived from continuous interactions with changing business environments. This transition to the digital business model ultimately leads to sustainable competitive advantages in the marketplace. The important theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47156,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73432756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-11DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2230156
B. Kim, Byeongwoo Kang
ABSTRACT The success of Korean popular music (K-pop) in foreign markets has attracted considerable attention from researchers. Previous studies have highlighted the factors in K-pop’s international success, such as its idol management system, marketing strategies, and digital distribution channels. However, to the best of our knowledge, the contributions of product adaptation and upstream music supply chains to K-pop’s international success have received little attention. To substantiate this argument, we analyse the formula setting of K-pop from the 1990s to the present and the efforts of the founders of entertainment agencies (e.g. SM, JYP, and YG) to model their success in the global market. The argument presented here theoretically contributes to international business studies and has implications for the success of intangible products in foreign markets.
{"title":"K-pop’s internationalization in the product adaptation and the upstream music supply chain in Korea, China, Japan, and the West","authors":"B. Kim, Byeongwoo Kang","doi":"10.1080/13602381.2023.2230156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2230156","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The success of Korean popular music (K-pop) in foreign markets has attracted considerable attention from researchers. Previous studies have highlighted the factors in K-pop’s international success, such as its idol management system, marketing strategies, and digital distribution channels. However, to the best of our knowledge, the contributions of product adaptation and upstream music supply chains to K-pop’s international success have received little attention. To substantiate this argument, we analyse the formula setting of K-pop from the 1990s to the present and the efforts of the founders of entertainment agencies (e.g. SM, JYP, and YG) to model their success in the global market. The argument presented here theoretically contributes to international business studies and has implications for the success of intangible products in foreign markets.","PeriodicalId":47156,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77829626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-10DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2233818
Sijia Liu
{"title":"Empowering women for leadership roles in the post-pandemic era","authors":"Sijia Liu","doi":"10.1080/13602381.2023.2233818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2233818","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47156,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88895804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-10DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2220606
Yue Zhang, Chunxing Pan, Shu-Yi Meng, Kun Wang
ABSTRACT Political connections are the main social resource of a company. Internal control and digital transformation are different tools that increase the efficient distribution of resources. This study explores the relationship between executive political connections and financial performance. It also examines the function of internal control quality and digital transformation in terms of this relationship. We used data from Chinese A-share listed companies as a sample. The results suggest that having political connections can significantly improve financial performance and that the quality of internal control plays a partial mediating role in state-owned enterprises. Moreover, when digital transformation is taken as a moderating variable, the role of political connections or internal control in enterprise performance will be weakened. Enterprises should take full advantage of political connections and establish a high-quality internal control system. When enterprises do not have political connections, they can actively carry out digital transformation to change the situation.
{"title":"The role of internal control and digital transformation between political connections and financial performance: evidence from China","authors":"Yue Zhang, Chunxing Pan, Shu-Yi Meng, Kun Wang","doi":"10.1080/13602381.2023.2220606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2220606","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Political connections are the main social resource of a company. Internal control and digital transformation are different tools that increase the efficient distribution of resources. This study explores the relationship between executive political connections and financial performance. It also examines the function of internal control quality and digital transformation in terms of this relationship. We used data from Chinese A-share listed companies as a sample. The results suggest that having political connections can significantly improve financial performance and that the quality of internal control plays a partial mediating role in state-owned enterprises. Moreover, when digital transformation is taken as a moderating variable, the role of political connections or internal control in enterprise performance will be weakened. Enterprises should take full advantage of political connections and establish a high-quality internal control system. When enterprises do not have political connections, they can actively carry out digital transformation to change the situation.","PeriodicalId":47156,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90516199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-07DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2229744
P. Brassier
ABSTRACT 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 network analysis (SNA) and sentiment analysis techniques, we observe that (1) OBCs naturally form transnational consumer segments, (2) where peer leadership emerges organically, and (3) women often occupy these leadership positions due to their social capital and engagement in relevant conversation topics. This study contributes to demonstrating the increasing empowerment of women in a realm that has long been criticized for its portrayal of gender-related issues.
{"title":"From Korea to the world: women’s role as peer-leaders in K-pop transnational online brand communities","authors":"P. Brassier","doi":"10.1080/13602381.2023.2229744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2229744","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT 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 network analysis (SNA) and sentiment analysis techniques, we observe that (1) OBCs naturally form transnational consumer segments, (2) where peer leadership emerges organically, and (3) women often occupy these leadership positions due to their social capital and engagement in relevant conversation topics. This study contributes to demonstrating the increasing empowerment of women in a realm that has long been criticized for its portrayal of gender-related issues.","PeriodicalId":47156,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82739468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-21DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2223831
Guannan Qu, Jin Chen, Yuan Jie, Luyao Wang, Dong Guo
With the increasing prominence of SDGs, the prosocial issues of firms’ innovation activities are gaining more attention. Nevertheless, the micro-foundation of the prosocial innovation process remains unexplored. To fill this gap, we introduce the meaningful innovation (MI) framework in order to develop a moderated mediation model for investigating the prosocial motivated innovation process. By conducting an empirical analysis based on a three-wave survey of 24 small high-tech new ventures in China’s digital industry, we find that (1) as an essential source of external meaning, an employee’s prosocial motivation is positively related to a firm’s innovation performance; (2) employees’ creativity mediates the positive relationship between prosocial motivation and firms’ innovation performance; and (3) although intrinsic motivation does not significantly moderate the above mediation effect, it is positively related to firms’ innovation performance; employees’ creativity also mediates this relationship. This paper contributes to the literature on ‘social value and innovation’ studies by revealing a prosocial-motivated innovation process and ascertaining the micro-foundation of the meaningful innovation framework.
{"title":"The prosocial-motivated process of meaningful innovation: evidence from Chinese start-ups in digital industry","authors":"Guannan Qu, Jin Chen, Yuan Jie, Luyao Wang, Dong Guo","doi":"10.1080/13602381.2023.2223831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2223831","url":null,"abstract":"With the increasing prominence of SDGs, the prosocial issues of firms’ innovation activities are gaining more attention. Nevertheless, the micro-foundation of the prosocial innovation process remains unexplored. To fill this gap, we introduce the meaningful innovation (MI) framework in order to develop a moderated mediation model for investigating the prosocial motivated innovation process. By conducting an empirical analysis based on a three-wave survey of 24 small high-tech new ventures in China’s digital industry, we find that (1) as an essential source of external meaning, an employee’s prosocial motivation is positively related to a firm’s innovation performance; (2) employees’ creativity mediates the positive relationship between prosocial motivation and firms’ innovation performance; and (3) although intrinsic motivation does not significantly moderate the above mediation effect, it is positively related to firms’ innovation performance; employees’ creativity also mediates this relationship. This paper contributes to the literature on ‘social value and innovation’ studies by revealing a prosocial-motivated innovation process and ascertaining the micro-foundation of the meaningful innovation framework.","PeriodicalId":47156,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136355303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}