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Can Ecological Product Win Consumers in China? A Study on the Effect of Product Attributes and Consumers’ Face Consciousness on Ecological Product Preference
Zhuomin Shi,Linlin Wen,Wanyi Zhengc
Front. Bus. Res. China. 2014, 8 (2): 182-205.
https://doi.org/10.3868/s070-003-014-0009-0
This research explores what product attributes consumers value and how consumer face consciousness influences ecological product preference. Study I shows that environmental attribute enhances product preference to a greater extent when consumers value gentleness-related attributes more than strength-related attributes. However, when the strength-related attributes are valued, the benefit of environmental attribute is attenuated, and sometimes even leads to greater preference for non-ecological products. Study II reveals that Chinese consumers with high face consciousness show a significant difference between explicit and implicit preferences for ecological products. In other words, these consumers believe in only their own preference for ecological products. In contrast, Chinese consumers with low face consciousness show no difference between explicit and implicit preferences, i.e., they believe that other people prefer ecological products as much as they do.
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Determinants of Successful IT-Enabled Business Innovation: A Case Study from the Perspective of Institutional Entrepreneurship Theory
Biao Liu,Dong Li
Front. Bus. Res. China. 2014, 8 (2): 227-244.
https://doi.org/10.3868/s070-003-014-0011-1
As the role of information technology (IT) in business innovation becomes increasingly important, an increasing number of organizations have started to consider how to promote IT-enabled business innovation. Although extant studies have identified organization, environment, and innovation’s characteristics as substantial determinants of IT innovation, they do not emphasize the accompanying innovation in processes, products or services, which distinguish IT-enabled business innovation from general IT innovation. Therefore, the reason why few companies succeed in realizing IT-enabled business innovation remains obscure. Anchored on the institutional entrepreneurship theory, this paper examines determinants of the success of IT-enabled business innovation in a fast-growing company using the case study approach. Our findings indicate that IT-business coordination competency, degree of institutionalization, participation of business managers, top management team’s (TMT) attitude towards the innovation, and the innovation’s relative strength, have significant impacts on the success of IT-enabled business innovation. Our findings also contribute to IT innovation research by identifying special determinants of IT-enabled business innovation and redirecting research ranging from innovation in IT itself to IT-enabled innovation in business processes, products or services.
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A Case Study on Executive Leadership and Knowledge Transfer in TMT: From the Perspective of Managerial Rotation in Private Firms
Jinlian Luo,Dongfang Li,Jing Zhong,Fangpei Xu
Front. Bus. Res. China. 2014, 8 (2): 245-271.
https://doi.org/10.3868/s070-003-014-0012-8
This paper explores the mechanism between leadership and knowledge transfer in a top management team (TMT) via a case study of ZOJE Group, a private listed company in China. Three recently rotated executives with different leadership styles from the parent or subsidiary companies are chosen and studied. Findings show that for the visionary leadership executive, his vision incentive has a limited effect on knowledge transfer, but organization culture, especially the decentralization management culture, can greatly enhance the knowledge transfer process. For the paternalistic leadership executive, authoritarianism helps him manage the management team in disarray; while benevolence and morality improve the knowledge transfer standard. Lastly, for the servant leadership executive, his leading by example and altruism behaviors contribute to a higher level of knowledge transfer among TMT.
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