作者:Baekkeskov, Erik; Rubin, Olivier
作者单位:University of Melbourne; Roskilde University
摘要:China and other authoritarian states notoriously keep mum about disasters. Yet two recent but dissimilar Chinese responses to infectious disease epidemics show that authoritarian crisis management can shift from secrecy to openness. China maintained prolonged secrecy during 2003 SARS, yet was open from day one about 2009 H1N1 flu. To explore why, this article links crisis information dilemmas to blame avoidance concepts from democratic political theories. We argue that greater Chinese transpar...
作者:Zhu, Jiangnan; Zhang, Dong
作者单位:University of Hong Kong; Northwestern University
摘要:We study whether corruption hinders businesses by investigating China's private enterprises, which have developed rapidly despite high corruption levels. We argue that a key factor determining the effects of corruption is corruption predictability, which is significantly influenced by government leadership stability. When the same leaders remain in major offices for long tenures, corruption is relatively predictable, reducing hindrance to businesses. When leaders change frequently, entrepreneu...
作者:Hankla, Charles
作者单位:University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
作者:Trivedi, Prajapati
作者单位:Indian School of Business (ISB)