This study investigated the influences of temporal effects on local residents' impact perceptions of hosting the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, utilizing data collected during the first week of the games and after the games from local residents of Beijing. Findings suggested that thirteen of the 30 impact items examined were significantly different between the assessment of impacts during and after the games. While changes in two of those impact perception items indicated that residents' perceptions changed for the better after the games, eleven of them suggested that during the first week of the games residents had high expectations about the benefits, though they were aware that such benefits would not be cost-free. However, they later realized that the benefits generated were lower than they had anticipated and the costs associated were higher than they expected.

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China's market potential is unparalleled, although many foreign business practitioners have commented that operating profitably in China is difficult, and more complex and time consuming than should be necessary. Given these facts, a lot of research on doing business in China gives recognition to the concept of Guanxi, a social and business relationship network, as the key to conducting successful business. By analyzing current research and collecting primary data from both the Chinese Mainland and Taiwan Province, this study aims to clarify the importance of Guanxi, and to study the future trend of Guanxi. By doing so, this paper intends to help business practitioners in China, especially those from the Western countries, to gain a deeper and more practical insight into the Chinese social network, and to help them make effective cross-cultural adaptation and business decisions in the unfamiliar cultural environment of China. Copyright The official journal of The Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) 2006.

This article draws upon concepts of community resilience to explore the antecedents of community philanthropic organizations’ response to COVID-19. Although the pandemic is a global threat, responses have been local. We test a model of community resilience activation in the context of the emergence of local COVID-19 funds. We find that a philanthropic organization’s capacity to act in a crisis and respond to the needs of the community depends on the stock of community capitals and organizational capacity. The importance of economic, cultural, and political factors in predicting the emergence of a fund raises important questions about disparities in resilience along class and race lines and the role of political ideology in shaping perceptions of crises. Our research contributes to our understanding of community philanthropic organizations’ capacity to activate community resources during a crisis.

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