2015

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 (Unpublished)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 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 (Unpublished)

2014

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

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 (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

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

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

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 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 (Unpublished)

2012

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

2011

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

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

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

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

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

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)

2010

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.

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

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

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)

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

2009

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

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 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

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.

2008

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

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

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.

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.

2007

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, 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.

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. 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

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

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 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, 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.

2006

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, 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.

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

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, 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

2005

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

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

2004

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 (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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

2003

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 (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

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.

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

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.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

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 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 (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

2002

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

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

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

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

2001

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

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

2000

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

1999

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 (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

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

1998

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

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

1997

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

1996

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

1993

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

1987

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

1986

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

1983

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

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

1982

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