Chinese Context Structure and Mechanism: A Qualitative Research Based on Cases of Chinese Enterprises' Strategic Change

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on cases of Chinese enterprises' strategic change, this paper uses grounded theory to identify the context factors that Chinese enterprises embedded in, constructs the context structure and analyzes its function mechanism. The study shows that the context structure in which Chinese enterprises' managerial practices (including strategic change) embedding consists of three levels, namely external context (technology development, policy and contingencies), second-level context (market and industry context) and internal context (enterprise's context). Each level respectively affects enterprises' managerial practices in differential patterns. The study also finds that according to the characters of context structure, different enterprises' management modes are the results of its subjective and objective differences, and the dynamics of context structure leads to the staged progress of strategic decision making.

Key words: Chinese enterprises, context structure, strategic change, grounded theory

Su Jingqin, Liu Chang. Chinese Context Structure and Mechanism: A Qualitative Research Based on Cases of Chinese Enterprises' Strategic Change[J]. , 2015, 27(10): 218-229.

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