Dear colleagues,
It is with great excitement that we publish the very first special issue after our new editorial team took the reign of Management and Organization Review!
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/management-and-organization-review
This special issue focuses on the heterogeneity among Chinese State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). While SOEs still play a critical role in the Chinese economy, after four decades of reform, they have become more heterogenous in their ownership and hierarchical governance structure, the level of hybridity in blending multiple logics, and the leadership characteristics and composition. The aim of this reform in to bolster SOEs efficiency and competitiveness while maintaining a balance between state oversight and market dynamics. The complexity involved in the various forms of SOEs provides fertile ground to explore the institutional, strategic and organizational influences on how SOEs manage the dual pressures of state and market logics, respond to policy adjustments, tackle leadership challenges, and navigate current global trends such as digital transformation and environmental sustainability. The collection of articles in this special issue addresses each of these influences with effective conceptual reasoning and convincing empirical evidence.
I would like to thank the guest editorial team, led by Kenneth Huang, for their tireless efforts in constructing this special issue. It has been three years since the call for proposals was issued, during which time they guided the authors to continuously improve manuscripts on both theoretical insights and empirical rigor. I am truly grateful for their dedication and commitment to this special issue!
Hope you will gain new knowledge and insights from this special issue about the current state of Chinese SOEs.
Enjoy reading!
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Professor Xiao-Ping Chen
Philip Condit Endowed Chair Professor of Management
Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Editor, Management and Organization Review
Email:
xpchen@uw.edu------------------------------