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Management and Organization Review VOLUME 12 ISSUE 1 MARCH 2016 ISSN: 1740-8776 Management and Organization Review and Organization Management Review Management and Organization Review Sponsored By Peking University and Th e Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Management and Organization Review CONTENTS Volume 12 Issue 1 Letter from Editor Arie Y. Lewin 1 Perspective Paper Mie Augier, Jerry Guo, and harry Rowen Th e Needham Puzzle Reconsidered: Organizations, Organizing, and Innovation in China 5 Commentaries Gordon Redding Th e Needham Question Today 27 Shyhnan Liou, Letty Yan-Yee Kwan, and Chi-Yue Chiu VOLUME 12 ISSUE 1 MARCH 2016 Historical and Cultural Obstacles to Frame-Breaking Innovations in China 37 Regular Articles Wei Shen, Qiong Zhou, and Chung-Ming Lau Empirical Research on Corporate Governance in China: A Review and New Directions for the Future 43 Nan Jia Political Strategy and Market Capabilities: Evidence from the Chinese Private Sector 77 Xingqiang Du and Jin-hui Luo Political Connections, Home Formal Institutions, and Internationalization: Evidence from China 105 Lingxin Hao and Yucheng Liang Th e Spatial and Career Mobility of China’s Urban and Rural Labor Force 137 Sarosh Kuruvilla and Hao Zhang Labor Unrest and Incipient Collective Bargaining in China 161 Steen Thomsen Th e Nordic Corporate Governance Model 191 Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion Usha C. Haley and George T. Haley with Introduction by Liisa V¨alikangas IACMR Th ink Local, Act Global: A Call to Recognize Competing, Cultural Scripts 207 Cover image ‘Th e Spring of Xuanwu’ by Qiming Pang. Printed with artist’s permission. © InternationalAssociation for Th e leading voice on management and organization Chinese Management Research research in China and other emerging economies Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.35.229, on 27 Sep 2021 at 22:55:11, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2016.7 117408776_12-1.indd7408776_12-1.indd 1 222/03/162/03/16 44:36:36 PPMM SPONSORS OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW Information for authors and readers Manuscript submission: Please submit manuscripts online through the MOR ScholarOne Manuscripts site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mor. 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IP address: 170.106.35.229, on 27 Sep 2021 at 22:55:11, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2016.7 117408776_12-1.indd17744008877766__1122-1-1.in.inddd 22 222/03/162/033/3/1/166 44:365:3:161 PPMPMM MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW Volume 12 Issue 1 March 2016 Letter from Editor ARIE Y. L EWIN 1 Perspective Paper MIE AUGIER,JERRY GUO,andHARRY ROWEN The Needham Puzzle Reconsidered: Organizations, Organizing, and Innovation in China 5 Commentaries GORDON REDDING The Needham Question Today 25 SHYHNAN LIOU,LETTY YAN-YEE KWAN,andCHI-YUE CHIU Historical and Cultural Obstacles to Frame-Breaking Innovations in China 35 Regular Articles WEI SHEN,QIONG ZHOU,andCHUNG-MING LAU Empirical Research on Corporate Governance in China: A Review and New Directions for the Future 41 NAN JIA Political Strategy and Market Capabilities: Evidence from the Chinese Private Sector 75 XINGQIANG DU and JIN-HUI LUO Political Connections, Home Formal Institutions, and Internationalization: Evidence from China 103 LINGXIN HAO and YUCHENG LIANG The Spatial and Career Mobility of China’s Urban and Rural Labor Force 135 SAROSH KURUVILLA and HAO ZHANG Labor Unrest and Incipient Collective Bargaining in China 159 STEEN THOMSEN The Nordic Corporate Governance Model 189 Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion USHA C. HALEY and GEORGE T. H ALEY WITH INTRODUCTION BY LIISA VALIKANGAS¨ Think Local, Act Global: A Call to Recognize Competing, Cultural Scripts 205 C 2016 The International Association for Chinese Management Research ISSN 1740-8776 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.35.229, on 27 Sep 2021 at 22:55:11, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2016.7 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FOUNDING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Arie Y. Lewin,DukeUniversity,USA Anne S. Tsui, University of Notre Dame, USA, and Peking University, China DEPUTY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF EDITOR FOR DIALOGUE, DEBATE, AND DISCUSSION Chi-Yue Chiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Klaus E. Meyer, CEIBS, China Liisa Valikangas,¨ Aalto University and Hanken School of Economics, Finland DEPUTY EDITOR FOR RESEARCH OUTREACH Challenge orthodoxy; emerging economies transforming views of management; debates and discourses on resilient Sheen S. Levine, University of Texas at Dallas, USA and/or generative new thinking; draw on humor, or even irony, to shut down or engage important neglected DEPUTY EDITOR FOR ARTWORK AND management realities; invites to transformative dialogues ABSTRACT TRANSLATION on theory and practice Tony Fang, Stockholm Business School,
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