18. Information Processing in Emerging Markets: Industry Intelligence Activities in China

—Christian P. J.-W. Kuklinski, EBS Business School, Wiesbaden, Germany

—Roger Moser, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

—Thomas E. Callarman, China Europe International Business School, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Emerging markets challenge foreign managers in their decision making through the uncertainty about which institutional changes might occur and how to organize their information processing accordingly. Organizational Information Processing Theory (OIPT) asserts that an adequate information level determines decision effectiveness and thereby firm performance. Although studies integrated OIPT’s contingent perspective, the actual identification ...

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