https://www.scmp.com/rss/506180/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com [Sponsored Article] China is expected to maintain a prominent role in global supply chains despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which has renewed discussions about whether countries around the world have become too reliant on Chinese manufacturing, according to one of The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) leading researchers on global economic networks.   Jing Wu, Assistant Professor at CUHK Business School’s Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, acknowledges that the... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/education/topics/evolution-chinese-firms/article/3087645/covid-19-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/education/topics/evolution-chinese-firms/article/3087645/covid-19-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:43:25 +0000 [Sponsored Article] Family ownership in modern corporations – despite being highly commonplace with household names such as Walmart, Volkswagen and Ford being high profile family-controlled examples in the West – has a bad reputation in emerging markets. Critics often argue that family managers often underperform their professional counterparts, and if they make unpopular decisions, it is often passed off as self-serving behaviour or made at the expense of public investors. Contrary to this view... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/education/topics/evolution-chinese-firms/article/3087651/how-chinese-firms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/education/topics/evolution-chinese-firms/article/3087651/how-chinese-firms?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:42:42 +0000 [Sponsored Article] Ask any human resources guru and they are likely to say unequivocally that employee engagement, or the degree to which workers immerse themselves in performing their jobs, is key to organisational success. Employees who are high in job engagement are described as being “fully there”; They are devoted, attentive and focused in their work roles, which are all traits that modern organisations crave in their workforce. However, a new study conducted by The Chinese University of... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/education/topics/evolution-chinese-firms/article/3087654/dark-side?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/education/topics/evolution-chinese-firms/article/3087654/dark-side?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:40:33 +0000 [Sponsored Article] More than a century ago, the American philosopher and psychologist William James first coined the term the “bitch goddess” in reference to the downsides of material success. In modern China, fame can be a lot of things but a new study has found it could lead to higher fees or a more severe audit opinion for the companies of their newly-famous and newly-wealthy owners. Conducted by Prof. Donghui Wu of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School’s School of... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/education/topics/evolution-chinese-firms/article/3087658/audit-cost-being?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/education/topics/evolution-chinese-firms/article/3087658/audit-cost-being?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:37:51 +0000