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How does strategic orientation matter in Chinese firms?

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As China continues to transition toward a market economy, how strategic orientation affects firm performance has received significant attention. This article reviews the extant literature with a framework that depicts contemporary work on strategic orientation, the drivers of strategic orientation, and its boundary conditions. We identify important research gaps and propose to integrate institutional theory, dynamic capability perspective, and the knowledge-based view within the strategic orientation research stream for future investigations.

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This paper was supported by a grant from the Faculty of Business and Economic (Research Funding with Fudan University), The University of Hong Kong. The authors thank Editor-in-Chief Mike Peng for his invaluable comments on previous versions of the article.

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Zhou, K.Z., Li, C.B. How does strategic orientation matter in Chinese firms?. Asia Pacific J Manage 24, 447–466 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-007-9048-1

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