Improving Made-in-China Management Research

Author: Peng, Mike W.

Source: Frontiers of Business Research in China, Volume 6, Number 1, 2012 , pp. 120-133(14)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

Made-in-China products have a country-of-origin image of “low cost, cheap price, but only passable quality.“ What are the characteristics of Made-in-China management research? Passable (but not outstanding) quality seems to be a reasonable and accurate characterization of such research. How can the quality of Made-in-China management research be improved? I point out five common but fixable problems typically associated with such research, and offer actionable solutions to solve them. Finally, I argue that management scholars have a social responsibility to help improve China's country-of-origin image, by pursuing scholarly excellence and not tolerating sloppiness in management research.

Keywords: MADE-IN-CHINA; COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN EFFECTS; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3868/s070-001-012-0006-1

Publication date: 2012-03-01