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This document may differ from the final, published version of the research and has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies. To read and/or cite from the published version of the research, please visit the publisher's website (a subscription may be required.) the employability of the graduates and the efficiency of the system (Chillas, 2010; Kulkarni and Nithyanand, 2013). In recent decades, there has been a trend of shifting from an elite to a mass higher education system across developed countries and emerging countries such as China (

Following China’s “One Belt One Road” global economic expansion strategy, Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) along with state-owned, large corporations are increasingly seeking business opportunities internationally. Little is known about the process of small firms’ international opportunity creation and discovery in this particular context. This study examines the role of Chinese SME manager’s global mindset in driving their international opportunity identification through two key activities in their internationalization process: international knowledge based and networking activities. Data were collected from a survey of 191 small and medium-sized enterprises in China. The results of structural equation modelling show that Chinese SME managers’ global mindset has a positive effect on both international networking and knowledge acquisition activities, which in turn have positive effects on the development of international opportunities. The findings suggest that SMEs, while going through the internationalization process, rely extensively on social interaction with foreign business partners to obtain knowledge of the customers and institutions in the foreign market.

Independence of board of directors, employee relation and harmonisation of corporate governance: Empirical evidence from Russian listed companies Dilek Demirbas Andrey Yukhanaev Article information:To cite this document:Dilek Demirbas Andrey Yukhanaev, (2011),"Independence of board of directors, employee relation and harmonisation of corporate governance", Employee Relations, Vol. 33 Iss 4 pp. 444 -471 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.