Adapting to radical change: Strategy and environment in piece-rate adoption during China's transition

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Keister, LA
• 署名单位: University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.13.5.459.7811
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 459-474
• 关键词: Chinese firms; Chinese transition; environmental change; corporate strategy

摘要

Adaptation to radical change is central to research in organization theory, and some of the most dramatic examples of environmental change have occurred recently in transition economies such as China. I take advantage of change during China's economic reform to study the relative importance of organizational and environmental factors in producing innovative managerial response. I find that strategic choice predicted innovation in the early stages of reform, but environmental factors increased in salience over time. Intrafirm support, Communist Party connections, and a market orientation produced innovation early in reform. Simple imitation of others was also salient in early years. As reform progressed, managers increasingly imitated other profitable firms and drew on their own experience. My results inform an understanding of both the process by which innovation occurs and firm behavior in transition economies.