Firm Growth in Transitional Economies: Three Longitudinal Cases from China, 1989-96
通过中国1989-96年三个纵向案例，研究了转型经济中企业如何通过模糊边界、发展组织间关系的网络战略实现增长，并探讨了传统扩张或收购策略的局限性。
How do firms in transitional economies such as the post-Soviet republics, East ern Europe and China achieve growth? Using three longitudinal cases con ducted over a seven-year period (1989-96) from China as an illustration, we identified a network-based strategy of growth, which features 'boundary blur ring' through developing interorganizational relationships with other firms. The firms' inability to achieve growth through generic expansion or acquisitions, two of the traditional growth strategies, is discussed. The institutional, eco nomic and cultural rationales that give rise to the strategic choice of a network- based strategy are explored.