Managing in ethnic Chinese communities: Culture, institutions, and context

The early adulthood of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management: A literature review 2005–2014

“…Special Issues published in the first sub-period have achieved a particularly high impact on the research field (in terms of citation and FWCI), among them, the Special Issues on networks in AP business (2005), conglomerates and business groups in the AP region (2006), knowledge management and innovation strategy, as well as the volume dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the journal. Among the most recent Special Issues, the most influential volumes are the one focused on management issues in ethnic Chinese communities (Ahlstrom, Chen, & Yeh, 2010) and the one dealing with managing corporate governance in Asia (Globerman, Peng, & Shapiro, 2011). In short, these Special Issues positively impacted knowledge development (Olk and Griffith, 2004), as well as the journal's performance and metrics.…”

Capacity building at the Asia Pacific Journal of Management

“…The journal has also sought to remain at the forefront of research in developing the institutional view strategy (Sauerwald & Peng, 2013;Young, Tsai, Wang, Liu, & Ahlstrom, 2014), emerging economy multinational enterprises (Meyer & Thaijongrak, 2013;Popli & Sinha, 2014), comparative corporate governance (Ding, Sun, & Au, 2014;Filatotchev, Jackson, & Nakajima, 2013) and the board (Liu, Wang, Zhao, & Ahlstrom, 2013;Van Essen, Van Oosterhout, & Carney, 2012). In addition, APJM continues to publish extensive indigenous research on management in Asia (Ahlstrom, Chen, & Yeh, 2010;Horak & Klein, 2015;Leung, Chen, Zhou, & Lim, 2014;Li, 2012), the strategies and behaviors of Asian family firms and business groups (Au, Chiang, Birtch, & Ding, 2013;Yabushita, & Suehiro, 2014), and the role of government-business relationships (Dou & Li, 2013;Li, Chen, Liu, & Peng, 2014) and state enterprises (Maheshwari & Ahlstrom, 2004;Stan, Peng, & Bruton, 2014). However it is important to emphasize that APJM is also a general management journal that welcomes and publishes research on meso and micro level phenomena.…”

On the types of papers the Asia Pacific Journal of Management generally publishes

“…In APJM's Special Issue on Managing in Ethnic Chinese Communities (Ahlstrom, Chen, & Yeh, 2010), Lin and Si (2010) wrote a commentary on how guanxi, or connections, which are usually thought of as an asset in China (and other countries), can also create problems for firms, much as the international relations literature has shown how alliances can sometimes confer costs to countries by dragging them into unwanted actions or conflicts (e.g., Reiter & Gartner, 2001). APJM hopes to receive and publish more helpful commentaries or exchanges on research topics that also have practical import for managers and organizations (e.g., ).…”