Article

Au-Yeung, Amelia and Henley, John S. (2003) Internationalisation strategy: in pursuit of the China retail market. European Business Journal, 15(1), pp. 10-23. ISSN (online) 0955-808X

Au-Yeung, Amelia Yuen Shan and Lu, Jessica (2009) Development of retailers' own label products in Taiwan. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 21(4), pp. 540-554. ISSN (print) 1355-5855

Au-Yeung, Amelia Yuen Shan (2004) Re-assessing strategic motives of retail internationalisation: the case of the People's Republic of China. Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 2(1), pp. 63-70. ISSN (print) 1549-9324

Cao, Jianghong, Foster, M. John and Watkins-Mathys, Lorraine (2014) IT-software SMEs in China, technology transfer from universities and entrepreneurship, a successful nexus? Frontiers of Business Research in China, 8(1), pp. 18-48. ISSN (print) 1673-7326

Chan, Shui-Ying and Foster, M.J. (2001) Strategy formulation in small business: The Hong Kong experience. International Small Business Journal, 19(3), pp. 56-71. ISSN (print) 0266-2426

Dyson, R.G. and Foster, M.J. (1983) Effectiveness in strategic planning revisited. European Journal of Operational Research, 12(2), pp. 146-158. ISSN (print) 0377-2217

Dyson, R.G. and Foster, M.J. (1983) Making planning more effective. Long Range Planning, 16(6), pp. 68-73. ISSN (print) 0024-6301

Dyson, R.G. and Foster, M.J. (1982) The relationship of participation and effectiveness in strategic planning. Strategic Management Journal, 3(1), pp. 77-88. ISSN (print) 0143-2095

Edwards, Christine and Zhang, Miao (2003) Human resource management strategy in Chinese MNCs in the UK: a case study with six companies. Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 11(1), pp. 1-14. ISSN (print) 0218-5180

Ellis, Nick, Lowe, Sid and Purchase, Sharon (2006) Towards a re-interpretation of industrial networks:a discursive view of culture. IMP Journal, 1(2), pp. 20-40.

Foster, M J (2009) Tales of the unexpected: issues in overseas market entry. ASOR Bulletin, 28(4), pp. 2-13. ISSN (print) 0812-860X

Foster, M. John (2011) Distribution of FDI across China: common policies but differing impacts by region. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 4(2), pp. 125-138. ISSN (print) 1754-4408

Foster, M. John and Minkes, A. L. (1999) East and West: business culture as divergence and convergence. Journal of General Management, 25(1), pp. 60-71. ISSN (print) 0306-3070

Foster, M. John and Wang, Zhuo (2007) Nanjing's performance as China's FDI inflows grow. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 8(2/3/4), pp. 426-439. ISSN (print) 1462-4621

Foster, M. John (1993) Scenario planning for small businesses. Long Range Planning, 26(1), pp. 123-129. ISSN (print) 0024-6301

Foster, M. John and Alkan, Ipek (2003) Understanding patterns of FDI: the case of Turkey and its auto industry. European Business Journal, 15(2), pp. 61-69. ISSN (print) 0955-808X

Foster, M. John (2014) A model to evaluate FDI prospects: illustrated by its application to three Asian countries. International Journal of Economic and Management Engineering, 4(3), pp. 55-63. ISSN (print) 2225-742X

Foster, M. John and Song, Yin (2009) FDI: differential fuel for Guangxi, a poorer Chinese region. International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management, 2(4), pp. 367-384. ISSN (print) 1752-1270

Foster, M.J. and Tseng, C.S. (2012) Kingfisher attacks the China market. Frontiers of Business Research in China, 6(1), pp. 156-168. ISSN (print) 1673-7326

Foster, M.J. (2002) On evaluation of FDIs: principles, actualities and possibilities. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 3(1), pp. 67-82. ISSN (online) 1741-5187

Foster, M.J. (1997) South China: are the rewards still worth the risks? Long Range Planning, 30(4), pp. 585-593. ISSN (print) 0024-6301

Foster, M.J. (2002) Strategy + Evaluation = OR? OR Insight, 15(4), pp. 4-10. ISSN (print) 0953-5543

Foster, M.J. (1986) The value of formal planning for strategic decisions: a comment. Strategic Management Journal, 7(2), pp. 179-182. ISSN (print) 0143-2095

Foster, M.J. (1983) Portfolio analysis in the planning of higher education. Higher Education, 12(4), pp. 389-397. ISSN (print) 0018-1560

Foster, MJ (2000) Evaluating foreign direct investment: new challenges for strategic planners. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 51(1), pp. 45-52. ISSN (print) 0160-5682

Lowe, Sid (1996) Codes of conduct in Hong Kong organisations. International Journal of Value-Based Management, 9(3), pp. 211-225. ISSN (print) 0895-8815

Lowe, Sid (1998) Culture and network institutions in Hong Kong: a hierarchy of perspectives. A response to Wilkinson: 'Culture, institutions and business in East Asia'. Organization Studies, 19(2), pp. 321-344. ISSN (print) 0170-8406

Lowe, Sid (2001) In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 1(3), pp. 313-332. ISSN (print) 1470-5958

Lowe, Sid, Carr, Adrian N. and Thomas, Michael (2004) Paradigmapping marketing theory. European Journal of Marketing, 38(9/10), pp. 1057-1064. ISSN (online) 0309-0566

Lowe, Sid, Moore, Fiona and Carr, Adrian N. (2007) Paradigmapping studies of culture and organization. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 7(2), pp. 237-251. ISSN (print) 1470-5958

Lowe, Sid, Ellis, Nick and Purchase, Sharon (2008) Rethinking language in IMP research: networking processes in other words. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 24(4), pp. 295-307. ISSN (print) 0956-5221

Lowe, Sid, Hwang, Ki-Soon and Moore, Fiona (2011) Sensemaking and sojourner adjustment among Korean entrepreneurs in London (UK). Culture and Organization, 17(1), pp. 31-46. ISSN (print) 1475-9551

Lowe, Sid (2002) The cultural shadows of cross cultural research: images of culture. Culture and Organization, 8(1), pp. 21-34. ISSN (print) 1475-9551

Lowe, Sid, Carr, Adrian N., Thomas, Michael and Lorraine, Watkins-Mathys (2005) The fourth hermeneutic in marketing theory. Marketing Theory, 5(2), pp. 185-203. ISSN (print) 1470-5931

Minkes, A. L. and Foster, M. J. (2011) Cross-cultural divergence and convergence: with special reference to the family firm in South East Asia and China. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 11(2), pp. 153-166. ISSN (print) 1470-5958

Prayukvong, Wanna and Foster, M. John (2014) Buddhist economics meets corporate social responsibility. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 8(2), pp. 175-192. ISSN (print) 1756-9850

Purchase, Sharon, Lowe, Sid and Ellis, Nick (2010) From 'taking' network pictures to 'making' network pictures: a new metaphorical manifesto for industrial marketing research. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 23(5), pp. 595-615. ISSN (print) 0953-4814

Thanassoulis, E., Dyson, R.G. and Foster, M.J. (1987) Relative efficiency assessments using data envelopment analysis: an application to data on rates departments. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 38(5), pp. 397-411. ISSN (print) 0160-5682

Tolos, Habibah, Wang, Peijie, Zhang, Miao and Shand, Rory (2014) Retirement systems and pension reform: a Malaysian perspective. International Labour Review, 153(3), pp. 489-502. ISSN (print) 0020-7780

Tseng, C.S. and Foster, M.J. (2006) A flexible response to Guo Qing: experience of three MNCs entering restricted sectors of the PRC economy. Asian Business & Management, 5(3), pp. 315-332. ISSN (online) 1476-9328

Watkins-Mathys, Lorraine and Foster, M. John (2006) Entrepreneurship: the missing ingredient in China's STIPs? Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 18(3), pp. 249-274. ISSN (print) 0898-5626

Watkins-Mathys, Lorraine and Lowe, Sid (2005) Small business and entrepreneurship research. International Small Business Journal, 23(6), pp. 657-677. ISSN (print) 0266-2426

Zhang, Miao (1999) Book Review of: International management in China: cross-cultural issues by Jan Selmer. Human Resource Development International, 2(2), pp. 163-166. ISSN (print) 1367-8868

Zhang, Miao and Edwards, Christine (2007) Diffusing 'best practice' in Chinese multinationals: the motivation, facilitation and limitations. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18(12), pp. 2147-2165. ISSN (print) 0958-5192

Zhang, Miao (2003) Transferring human resource management across national boundaries: the case of Chinese multinational companies in the UK. Employee Relations, 25(6), pp. 613-626. ISSN (online) 0142-5455

Book

Lowe, Sid, ed. (2010) Managing in changing times: a guide for the perplexed manager. London, U.K. : Sage. 398p. ISBN 9788132102335

Book Section

Au-Yeung, Amelia Yuen Shan (2003) International transfer of retail know-how: from Europe to China. In: Dawson, John , Mukoyama, Masao , Choi, Sang Chul and Larke, Roy, (eds.) The internationalisation of retailing in Asia. London : RoutledgeCurzon. pp. 136-154. (Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific business) ISBN 9780415309042

Edwards, Tony and Zhang, Miao (2008) Multinationals and national systems of employment relations: innovators or adapters? In: Lawler, John J. and Hundley, Greg, (eds.) The Global Diffusion of Human Resource Practices: Institutional and Cultural Limits. Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. pp. 33-58. (Advances in international management, no. 21) ISSN (print) 1571-5027 ISBN 9780762314010

Edwards, Tony, Rees, Chris and Zhang, Miao (2011) The diffusion of HR practices in MNCs. In: Edwards, Tony and Rees, Chris, (eds.) International human resource management. 2nd ed. Harlow, U.K. : Pearson Education. pp. 120-138. ISBN 9780273716129

Ennals, Richard (2010) Perplexity, ecology and technology. In: Lowe, Sid, (ed.) Managing in changing times: a guide for the perplexed manager. London, U.K. : Sage. pp. 179-192. ISBN 9788132102335

Foster, John (2014) Foreign direct investment in China. In: Wright, Tim, (ed.) Oxford Bibliographies Online: Chinese Studies. New York, U.S. : Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199920082

Foster, M. John (1998) Foreign trade and investment: policy reforms in China in the mid-1990s. In: Strange, Roger , Slater, Jim and Wang, Limin, (eds.) Trade and investment in China: the European experience. London, UK : Routledge. pp. 45-58. (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia) ISBN 0415182670

Foster, M.J. (2003) Culture: a source of difficulty or a launchpad of understanding. In: Veloutsou, Cleopatra, (ed.) Communicating with customers: trends and developments. Athens, Greece : Athens Institute of Education and Research (ATINER). pp. 33-43. ISBN 9608782228

Gander, Jonathan (2010) Perplexity and strategy: moving towards an enrolment advantage paradigm. In: Lowe, Sid, (ed.) Managing in changing times: a guide for the perplexed manager. London, U.K. : Sage. pp. 261-278. ISBN 9788132102335

Hwang, Ki-Soon, Gray, Richard and Cullinane, Kevin (2010) The logistics functions of shipping lines: perceptions of international shippers in South Korea and the UK. In: Cullinane, Kevin, (ed.) International handbook of maritime business. Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar. pp. 103-122. ISBN 9781847209344

Lowe, Sid (2010) Capra's kite. In: Lowe, Sid, (ed.) Managing in changing times: a guide for the perplexed manager. London, U.K. : Sage. pp. 65-113. ISBN 9788132102335

Lowe, Sid (2010) Shumacher's hierarchy. In: Lowe, Sid, (ed.) Managing in changing times: a guide for the perplexed manager. London, U.K. : Sage. pp. 3-63. ISBN 9788132102335

Zhang, Miao, Edwards, Christine and Ma, Jiaying (2014) Internationalisation process, HRM strategy and transfer in Chinese MNCs’ subsidiaries in the UK. In: Richet, Xavier , Delteil, Violaine and Dieuaide, Patrick, (eds.) Strategies of multinational corporations and social regulations: European and Asian perspectives. London, U.K. : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 125-135. ISBN 9783642413698

Zhang, Miao, Edwards, Tony and Edwards, Christine (2006) Internationalization and developing countries: the case of China. In: Edwards, Tony and Rees, Chris, (eds.) International human resource management: globalization, national systems and multinational companies. Harlow, U.K. : Pearson Education Limited. pp. 129-147. ISBN 0273651773

Conference or Workshop Item

Au-Yeung, Amelia Yuen Shan (2004) Co-evolution of foreign retailers and the environment in China: towards a conceptual framework. In: European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) 2nd Workshop on International Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management; 24-25 Sep 2004, Edinburgh, U.K.

Au-Yeung, Amelia Yuen Shan and Lu, Jessica (2010) Consumer's own label buying behaviour: the case of grocery retailing in Taiwan. In: 8th SARD (Society of Asian Retailing and Distribution) Workshop: Interaction between International Retailers and Local Retailers in Emerging Markets: Retrospect and Prospects for the Future Program; 26 - 28 Nov 2010, Kobe, Japan.

Au-Yeung, Amelia Yuen Shan and Lu, Jessica (2007) Development of own label products by retailers in Taiwan: the past, the present and the future. In: Academy of Marketing (AM) Annual Conference 2007: Marketing Theory into Practice; 3-6 Jul 2007, Egham, U.K.

Au-Yeung, Amelia Yuen Shan (2007) Impacts of retail internationalisation on emerging markets: towards a theory using the network approach. In: 5th Society of Asian Retailing and Distribution: (SARD) Workshop: Public Policy and Retail Internationalization; 23-25 Nov 2007, Shanghai, China.

Au-Yeung, Amelia Yuen Shan and Henley, John S (2003) Re-assessing strategic motives of retail internationalisation: the case of the People's Republic of China. In: Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) International Conference 2003; Jul 2003, Budapest, Hungary.

Au-Yeung, Amelia Yuen Shan (2004) Retail internationalisation strategy in China. In: Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) Inaugural World Congress; Jan 2004, New Delhi, India.

Au-Yeung, Amelia Yuen Shan, Foster, M. John and Yang, April (2007) Card payment anti-fraud systems: entry to the China market. In: European Institute for Advanced Studies Management (EIASM) 5th Workshop on International Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management; 28-29 Sep 2007, Istanbul, Turkey.

Doran, D, Hill, A, Hwang, KS and Jacob, G (2004) Supply chain modularisation: cases from the French automobile industry. In: 9th International Symposium in Logistics; 11 - 14 Jul 2004, Bangalore, India.

Ellis, Nick, Purchase, Sharon, Chan, Sharon and Lowe, Sid (2006) Making sense of industrial networks via discourse analysis: the performative effect of theories and language. In: 22nd IMP Conference; 07 - 09 Sep 2006, Milan, Italy. (Unpublished)

Ellis, Nick, Purchase, Sharon and Lowe, Sid (2007) The discursive construction of organisational boundaries in traditional and electronic networks. In: 23rd IMP Conference; 30 Aug - 01 Sep 2007, Manchester, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Foster, M J (2011) Kingfisher's attack on the China market: a success? In: Asia-Pacific Business Research Conference; 21 - 22 Feb 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 9780980455755

Lowe, S. and Hwang, K.-S. (2010) Time, process and discourse in business network research. In: 26th IMP Conference - Business Networks: Globality, Regionality, Locality; 02 - 04 Sep 2010, Budapest, Hungary.

Lowe, Sid, Purchase, Sharon and Veludo, Maria de Lurdes (2002) Business relationships: cross-cultural analysis. In: 18th IMP Conference; 11 - 13 Dec 2002, Perth, Australia.

Lowe, Sid, Kainsberger, A., Tapachai, N. and Hwang, K.-S. (2010) Comparative sensemaking of Asian environments. In: 7th Asia Academy of Management Conference - Asian Management: Challenges and Opportunities in Turbulent Times; 12 - 14 Dec 2010, Macau, China.

Lowe, Sid and Watkins-Mathys, Lorraine (2002) Distribution networks as a culture of collaboration. In: 18th IMP Conference; 11 - 13 Dec 2002, Perth, Australia.

Lowe, Sid and Hwang, S.K. (2010) Time, process and discourse in business network research. In: Emerging Issues in Business and Law; 22 Jun 2010, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Moore, Fiona, Lowe, Sid and Hwang, Ki-Soon (2008) The translator as knowledge broker in the Korean business community in London (UK). In: 50th Annual meeting of the Academy of International Business; 30 June - 3 July 2008, Milan, Italy.

Rod, Michel, Ellis, Nick, Lowe, Sid, Purchase, Sharon and Hwang, Ki-Soon (2011) Knowing and doing action-orientated research in business networks: the use of subjective personal introspection. In: Academy of Marketing Conference 2011: Marketing fields forever; 05-07 Jul 2011, Liverpool, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Rui, Huaichuan and Zhang, Miao (2015) Feasibility, recipient ownership and knowledge transfer strategy: a case of Chinese MNCs in Africa. In: Academy of International Business (AIB) 2015 Annual Meeting: Global Networks: Organizations and People; 27-30 Jun 2015, Bengaluru, India. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Miao and Edwards, Christine (2006) "Best practice" diffusion in Chinese MNCs: motivation, facilitation and limitations. In: European Institute for Advances Studies in Management (EIASM) 4th Workshop on International Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management; 29-30 Sep 2006, Toulouse, France.

Zhang, Miao, Samaratunga, Mahesha, Rees, Chris and Edwards, Christine (2007) Developments in international HR transfer processes: evidence from a Swiss MNC operating in Sri Lanka. In: 9th International Human Resource Management (IHRM) Conference: Changes in Society, Changes in Organizations, and the Changing Role of HRM: Managing International Human Resources in a Complex World; 12-15 Jun 2007, Tallinn, Estonia.

Zhang, Miao (2003) Globalisation, competitive advantage and HRM strategy: a study of Chinese MNCs in the UK. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2003: Democracy in a Knowledge Economy; 1-6 Aug 2003, Seattle, USA.

Zhang, Miao and Rui, Huaichun (2015) HR strategy and employment management in Chinese MNCs. In: 17th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress: The Changing World of Work: Implications for Labour and Employment Relations and Social Protection; 07-11 Sep 2015, Cape Town, South Africa. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Miao and Edwards, Christine (2003) HRM practice and the influence of "the country of origin" in Chinese MNC's operating in the UK. In: International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) 13th World Congress: Beyond Traditional Employment. Industrial Relations in the Network Economy; 8-12 Sep 2003, Berlin, Germany.

Zhang, Miao and Jiang, Xiuchen (2009) HRM strategy in MNCs from China and implications for Chinese international managers' development. In: 15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA): The New World of Work, Organisations and Employment; 24-27 Aug 2009, Sydney, Australia.

Zhang, Miao and Edwards, Christine (2008) Localisation strategy and internationalisation process in Chinese MNCs: a case study with six companies in the UK. In: The Third International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Conference: The Olympic Spirit in Chinese Management Research; 19-22 Jun 2008, Guangzhou, China.

Zhang, Miao, Samaratunga, Mahesha, Rees, Chris and Edwards, Christine (2007) Regionalisation and HR transfer processes: a case study of a Swiss MNC operating in Sri Lanka. In: European Institute for Advanced Studies Management (EIASM) 5th Workshop on International Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management; 28-29 Sep 2007, Istanbul, Turkey.

Zhang, Miao and Øvre, Susanne (2014) Repatriation in a changing global context - a case of Norwegian MNCs. In: 13th International Human Resource Management Conference: Uncertainty in a Flattening World: Challenges for IHRM; 24-27 Jun 2014, Krakow, Poland. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Miao and Edwards, Christine (2004) The motivation, facilitation and limitations of HRM practice diffusion: a study of Chinese multinationals. In: Multinationals and the International Diffusion of Organizational Forms and Practices: Convergence and Diversity within the Global Economy; 15-17 Jul 2004, Barcelona, Spain.

Zhang, Miao and Edwards, Christine (2004) The roles of local managers in MNCs global strategy: a case study of Chinese companies in the UK. In: 2nd International Conference on Business, Economics, Management and Marketing; 24-27 Jun 2004, Athens, Greece.

Monograph

Foster, M. John (1999) Evaluation of FDIs: principles, actualities and possibilities. (Other) Kingston upon Thames, U.K. : Kingston Business School, Kingston University. 17 p. (Occasional Paper Series, no. 36) ISBN 1872058574

Foster, M.J. and Zhuo, Wang (2004) Gaining a share of China's FDI inflow: the case of Nanjing. (Discussion Paper) Kingston upon Thames, UK : Kingston Business School, Kingston University. ISBN 187205868X

Thesis

Foster, M.J. (2002) The effectiveness of strategic planning: the whole and the evaluative phase as business internationalises. (PhD thesis), Oxford Brookes University.