Beyond Government and Beyond the Firm: The Big Social Sciences of Government Theory and Firm Theory and Product Research Methodology

Author: Yang Lihua
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book constructs a new framework for government theory and corporate theory research. Currently, both domestic and international academia face challenges in researching government and corporate theories due to the lack of a reasonable and appropriate research framework, leading to significant confusion. Sometimes, even when someone attempts to build such a framework, it fails to gain recognition due to insufficient research depth. Consequently, many scholars have shifted their focus to specific issues, which is undoubtedly important. This book pioneers the integrated comparative study of policy and corporate theories in both domestic and international academia. Previously, research on government and corporate theories was conducted independently—those studying government theory focused solely on government theory, and those studying corporate theory focused solely on corporate theory, with the two fields largely isolated and lacking communication. However, this book breaks this tradition by advocating for a move beyond the narrow confines of government and corporate theories, analyzing them together to identify commonalities between the two.
This book applies innovative research methods and proposes a series of fresh perspectives. Currently, research on government and corporate issues in China's academia largely remains at the stage of introducing foreign theories, with few significant theoretical advancements. One major reason for this phenomenon is the lack of appropriate research methods and a certain level of innovation among researchers. In contrast, this book employs the grand social science research method and the product research method to systematically analyze and organize existing government and corporate theories, offering new interpretations from fresh perspectives and methods. This is a highly valuable and most prominent feature of the book.
The research methods in this book are scientific and rigorous, and the data is very rich. When discussing each important issue in government and corporate theories, the book provides a detailed review and in-depth analysis of existing research. This not only lays a solid academic foundation for the book's analysis and establishes a strong platform for academic innovation but also offers valuable assistance to future researchers in related fields. It also helps to counteract the current in China's academia, where research is often neglected in favor of forming opinions without a thorough understanding of the existing research landscape.
By applying the grand social science research method and the product research method, this book systematically analyzes and organizes existing government and corporate theories, offering new interpretations from fresh perspectives and methods. The book's research methods are scientific and rigorous, the data is rich, and it is highly innovative and pioneering.