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Asia Pacific J Manage (2008) 25:563–572 DOI 10.1007/s10490-007-9083-y COMMENTARIES Developing theory from strategic management research in China Yuan Li Mike W. Peng Published online: 8 January 2008 # Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2008 Abstract What are the main approaches to theory development based on strategic management research in China? What are some of the recent efforts in developing theory in this area? What is our recommended approach? To address these questions, this article outlines the three approaches to theory development in China research, articulates the Chinese context within the global economy, and highlights two streams of recent work as examples of following the recommended, integrative approach to theory development. Keywords Theory development . Strategic management research . China The volume of strategic management research on Chinese (and Asian) firms is not trivial now (Bruton Lau, 2008; Lau, 2007; Xu Zhou, 2004; Wright, Filatotchev, Hoskisson, Peng, 2005).1 In their review of Asia management research during 1997–2006, Pleggenkuhle-Miles, Aroul, Sun, and Su (2007: 478) find that China is the most studied Asian country, commanding approximately 58% of the journal space in terms of the number of articles in the Asia Pacific Journal of Management . 1Bruton and Lau (2008) report that in ten leading management journals (not including APJM) during 1996– 2005, 305 articles (6.3% of a total of 4,844 articles) addressed Asia management research. This research has been supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Science Foundation of the United States (CAREER SES 0552089). We thank Yuan Lu, Sunny Li Sun, and Eric Tsang for helpful discussions. Portions of this work were presented at the Conference for Strategic Management Research Progress in Beijing, July 2007.