Chapter 1 Causal Explanation in Indigenous Studies of Chinese Management：From a Performativity Perspective 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Causal model and performativity 4
1.2.1 Daniel Little's approach 4
1.2.2 The case and interpretive approach 5
1.2.3 Some implication for empirical research 6
1.3 An introduction of performativity 8
1.4 The focus on ritual 12
1.5 Conclusion 14
Chapter 2 Corporate Social Responsibility Information Disclosure at the Perspective of Ritual：An Empirical Analysis of China's Listed Companies 16
2.1 Introduction 16
2.2 Theory and hypothesis development 19
2.2.1 Theory of CSR 19
2.2.2 CSR practice in China 21
2.2.3 Hypothesis development 25
2.3 Design of the study and methodology 29
2.3.1 Sample construction 29
2.3.2 Index analysis 31
2.3.3 The categories of GRI 32
2.3.4 Research design 33
2.3.5 Regression analysis 37
2.4 Results 38
2.4.1 Descriptive statistics and correlations 38
2.4.2 Regression result analysis 40
2.5 Conclusion and discussion 42
2.5.1 Conclusion 42
2.5.2 Limitations 43
Chapter 3 Research on Political Connections under Regional Competition Back-ground：An Empirical Analysis of China's Listed Companies 45
3.1 Introduction 45
3.2 Institutional background and hypothesis development 48
3.2.1 Development of Chinese private firms 49
3.2.2 Political connections of private firm under regional competition in China 53
3.3 Literature review and hypothesis development 54
3.3.1 Political connection 54
3.3.2 Regional competition 56
3.4 Design of the study and methodology 59
3.4.1 The data resources 59
3.4.2 Research design 60
3.4.3 Variable description 61
3.5 Results and discussion 64
3.5.1 Descriptive statistics and correlations 64
3.5.2 Regression result 66
3.5.3 Analysis of the result 68
3.6 Conclusion 71
3.6.1 Conclusion 71
3.6.2 Policy implications 72
Chapter 4 Corporate Culture of Private Firms in Contemporary China 74
4.1 Introduction 74
4.2 China and western representations of the concepts of corporate culture 76
4.2.1 Western academic representations 76
4.2.2 Chinese academic representations 81
4.3 The development of business culture in China 87
4.3.1 Chinese traditional culture 87
4.3.2 Institutional legacies of post 1949 developments 91
4.4 Business culture of China 94
4.5 Entrepreneurial creativity—a Chinese model of corporate culture 95
4.6 Conclusion 100
Chapter 5 Road map for Further Research 104
Reference 106
Index 125