TY - JOUR
AU - Schlevogt, Kai-Alexander
AB - This study aims at uncovering the geoeconomics of successful strategic management in subculturally diverse countries. The new theory of geoeconomics is defined as the study of geographic influences on economics and management. Using this theory to integrate the key success factor approach and resource-based view of the firm, the study examines geographical differences between two cities in the North and South of mainland China with respect to key factors leading to organizational effectiveness. It employs structural equation modeling to analyze survey data from 124 enterprises in the two most important cities of China, Beijing and Shanghai. Among the dozen factors integrated from different organizational domains, significant differences were found in the impact of government support (more important in the North) and company size (more important in the South). Other differences related to environmental constraints, ownership, leadership, and decision making corresponded to theoretical predictions but were not significant. As hypothesized, appropriate structure was equally important in both regions. Strategic orientation was not significant anywhere. To achieve high performance in China, practitioners must develop regionally adapted strategies, management techniques and performance control benchmarks, which fully consider and leverage the varying success factors in different subcultures. More generally, the results highlight the importance for researchers of strategy and organization to analyze regional differences that might be hidden at the aggregate data level.
TI - Institutional and Organizational Factors Affecting Effectiveness: Geoeconomic Comparison Between Shanghai and Beijing
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
DO - 10.1023/A:1012835728782
DA - 2004-10-19
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/institutional-and-organizational-factors-affecting-effectiveness-HBqe6BsCW2
SP - 519
EP - 551
VL - 18
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -