Chapter 1 Causal Explanation in Indigenous Studies of Chinese Management: From a Performativity Perspective
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Causal model and performativity
1.2.1 Daniel Little's approach
1.2.2 The case and interpretive approach
1.2.3 Some implication for empirical research
1.3 An introduction of performativity
1.4 The focus on ritual
1.5 Conclusion

Chapter 2 Corporate Social Responsibility Information Disclosure at the Perspective of Ritual: An Empirical Analysis of China's Listed Companies
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Theory and hypothesis development
2.2.1 Theory of CSR
2.2.2 CSR practice in China
2.2.3 Hypothesis development
2.3 Design of the study and methodology
2.3.1 Sample construction
2.3.2 Index analysis
2.3.3 The categories of GRI
2.3.4 Research design
2.3.5 Regression analysis
2.4 Results
2.4.1 Descriptive statistics and correlations
2.4.2 Regression result analysis
2.5 Conclusion and discussion
2.5.1 Conclusion
2.5.2 Limitations

Chapter 3 Research on Political Connections under Regional Competition Back-ground : An Empirical Analysis of China's Listed Companies
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Institutional background and hypothesis development
3.2.1 Development of Chinese private firms
3.2.2 Political connections of private firm under regional competition in China
3.3 Literature review and hypothesis development
3.3.1 Political connection
3.3.2 Regional competition
3.4 Design of the study and methodology
3.4.1 The data resources
3.4.2 Research design
3.4.3 Variable description
3.5 Results and discussion
3.5.1 Descriptive statistics and correlations
3.5.2 Regression result
3.5.3 Analysis of the result
3.6 Conclusion
3.6.1 Conclusion
3.6.2 Policy implications

Chapter 4 Corporate Culture of Private Firms in Contemporary China
4.1 Introduction
4.2 China and western representations of the concepts of corporate culture
4.2.1 Western academic representations
4.2.2 Chinese academic representations
4.3 The development of business culture in China
4.3.1 Chinese traditional culture
4.3.2 Institutional legacies of post 1949 developments
4.4 Business culture of China
4.5 Entrepreneurial creativity����a Chinese model of corporate culture
4.6 Conclusion

Chapter 5 Road map for Further Research
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