Tian-ren-he-yi strategy: An Eastern perspective

Globalization, entrepreneurship and paradox thinking

“…As a final thought, we note that the idea of paradox thinking is rooted in ancient Chinese teaching (Li, 2014;Peng et al, 2016). While it would be naïve to assume that paradox thinking is, on the one hand, totally unfamiliar to the West or, on the other hand, capable of entirely replacing analytic thinking originated in Aristotelian logic,…”

“…A spatial or temporal separation of contradicting tensions such as between exploration of new ideas and exploitation of existing knowledge can only offer a short-term solution, as the contradictions will arise again due to a persistent character of paradox. So leaders need paradox thinking, which enables actors to appreciate the interdependent nature of conflicting tensions and develop creative solutions tapping the tensions' potential synergies (Peng, Li, & Tian, 2016;Smith, Lewis & Tushman, 2016).…”

“…indigenous Chinese notions such as yin-yang point to the complexity, nuance and diversity of contemporary globalization and entrepreneurship (Peng et al, 2016).…”

The cultural roots of compositional capability in China: balanced moderation

“…This paper adopts the perspective of viewing culture as a part of informal institutions and attempts to explore its role in influencing the compositional capability of firms in China. Although Luo and Child (2015) suggest that the compositional capability of Chinese firms is to some extent related to the Chinese cultural tradition, the specific links between compositional capability and Chinese cultural tradition remain largely unspecified (Li & Peng, 2008;Peng, Li, & Tian, 2016).…”

Is “Yin-Yang balancing” superior to ambidexterity as an approach to paradox management?

“…In short, "Yin-Yang balancing" may be only possible in theory, but never in practice, because the balancing practice ultimately has to be ambidextrous (Peng et al, 2016). Therefore, "Yin-Yang balancing" may well be thought as a rough macroscopic view of the ambidexterity approach.…”