Governance through governments: Singapores transfer of public sector management 'software' to China through joint ventures

Thirty Years of China's Economic Reform: Institutions, Management Organization and Foreign Investment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 37-58

  Sheldon, Peter ^a   Morgan, David ^a   Gan, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

China development; International joint ventures; Knowledge transfer; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895334492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

References (37)

1. AAPA (2006). American Association of Port Authorities World's Port Rankings 2006, www.aapa-orts.org/Industry/content.cfm?ItemNumber=900&navItemNumber=551, Accessed 14th January 2009.
2. Asia Times (19 April 2006). Singapore Calls on Dalian. Factiva Database, Accessed 14th January 2009.
3. Baark, E. (2007). Knowledge and innovation in China: Historical legacies and emerging institutions. Asia Pacific Business Review, 13 (3), 337-356.
4. Björkman, I., & Lu, Y. (2001). Institutionalization and bargaining power explanations of HRM practices in international joint ventures--the case of Chinese--Western joint ventures. Organization Studies, 22 (3): 491-512.
5. Business Times (19 April 2006), PSA in Berth Deals with China, Factiva Database downloaded on 14th January 2009
6. Cullinane, K., Wang, T.F., & Cullinane, S. (2004). Container terminal development in mainland China and its impact on the competitiveness of the port of Hong Kong?, Transport Reviews, 24 (1), 33-56.
7. Eisenhardt, K.M. (1991). Better stories and better constructs: The case for rigor and comparative logic. Academy of Management Review, 16, 620-627.
8. Lau, C.M., & Bruton, G.D. (2008). FDI in China: What we know and what we need to study next. Academy of Management Perspectives, 22 (4): 30-44.
9. Inkpen, A.C., & Pien, W. (2006). An examination of collaboration and knowledge transfer: China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park. Journal of Management Studies, 43 (4), 779-811.
10. Li, Y., & Sheldon, P. (2008), 'Employers' experiences of shortages of skilled workers in Suzhou Industrial Park, China', Refereed Stream, Third Conference of the International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Guangzhou, China, 19-22 June.
11. Liu, L. (2008). Local government and big business in the People's Republic of China - Case study evidence from Shandong province. Asia Pacific Business Review, 14 (4), 473-489.
12. Lloyd's List (19 November 1999). Maritime Award - Top Honour for IMC Chief, Factiva Database, accessed 14th January 2009.
13. Lloyd's List (23 October 2000). PSA Corp Builds on Its Great Wall of Success in China, Factiva Database, accessed 14th January 2009.
14. Lloyd's List (27 October 2000). PSA itself to China in the long Term, Factiva Database downloaded on 14th January 2009.
15. 'Memorandum of Understanding by the Chinese and Singapore Teams on Suzhou Industrial Park's Development' (1999), unpub., Singapore, 28 June.
16. Nonaka, I. (1994). A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation. Organizational Science, 5 (1), 14-37.
17. Pereira, A.A. (2003). State Collaboration and Development Strategies in China: The Case of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park, 1992-2002. Curzon: Routledge.
18. Pereira, A.A. (2007). Transnational state entrepreneurship? Assessing Singapore?s Suzhou Industrial Park project. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 48 (3), 287-298.
19. Pillai, J.S. (2005). Service exports from a small city-state: The case of port authority of Singapore, Discussion Papers on Policy and Governance, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, 1-53.
20. PSA (1999). Annual Report of PSA. Singapore: PSA.
21. Redding, G. (2002). The capitalist business system of China and its rationale. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 19, 221-249.
22. Redding, G., & Witt, M.A. (2006). The 'tray of loose sand': A thick description of the state-owned enterprise sector of China seen as a business system. Asian Business and Management, 5, 87-112.
23. Sembcorp (2008). Sembcorp signs master agreement for new integrated industrial township project in Guangxi, China. Industrial Park News/Media Release. 22 October. http://www.sembcorp.com/sembcorp/news_parks_detail.aspx?NewsID=716, Accessed 11 January 2009.
24. Shipping Times (29 December 1999). PSA's Dalian Terminal Aims to Attract More Feeder Cargo, Factiva Database, downloaded 14th January 2009.
25. SinoCast Chinese Business Daily News (21 May 2008). Transhipment System Around Bohai Sea to Start Operations in June, Factiva Database downloaded on 14th January 2009.
26. SIPAC (2001). Great Achievements Sum up Seven Years' Development. http://www.sipac.gov.cn/sipac_e/news/news_sip_01_0518.htm, accessed 7 September 2001.
27. SIPAC Development (n.d.) Development Review, http://www.sipac.gov.cn/sipac_e/development.htm, accessed 7 September 2001 (now available on www.sipac.gove.cn).
28. SIPAC (2008), SIP Sets Goals for Next Round of Development. SIPAC Media Release, 4 January, http://www.sipac.gov.cn/english/news/200801/t20080106_24833.htm, accessed 7 February 2009.
29. SIPAC (2008). SIP to Become a "New Model" of Restructuring for China's Development Zones, SIPAC Media Release, 16 January. http://www.sipac.gov.cn/english/news/200801/t20080119_26492.htm Accessed 7 February 2009.
30. SIPAC Profile (2009). http://www.sipac.gov.cn/english/sipprofile/200901/t20090116_36701.htm, Accessed 7 February 2009.
31. Song, W. (2008). China Daily, 24 September (see also www.sipac.gov.cn).
32. South China Morning Post (13 June 1996). Dalian Seeks Role As Leading Northeast Deep-Water Port, Factiva Database, Accessed 14th January 2009.
33. Straits Times (22 September 2000). Dalian Ports Use PSA System. Factiva Database, accessed 14th January 2009.
34. Wong, T.-C., & Goldblum, C. (2000). The China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park: A turnkey product of Singapore? Geographical Review, 90 (1), 112-122.
35. Xu, D., & Shenkar, O. (2002). Institutional Distance and the Multinational Enterprise. Academy of Management Review, 27 (4), 608-614.
36. Yangtze Evening Daily (2008). China and Singapore in Second Hand-shake: To Duplicate "SIP" in Nantong. SIPAC, 2 December 2008,http://www.sipac.gov.cn/english/news/200812/t20081203_34977.htm, accessed 7 February 2009.
37. Yeoh, C., How, W., & Leong, A.I. (2005). Created enclaves for enterprise: An empirical study of Singapore's industrial parks in Indonesia, Vietnam and China. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 17 (6), 479-499.