..., classify studies into nine prototypes based on contextual embeddedness and inductively identify contribution pathways. Findings This review identifies nine prototypes of strategic leadership research in China, reflecting varying degrees of contextual embeddedness. Prototype 9 represents China-endemic...

... their irresponsible activities, such as diverting corporate resources. Cheng et al. (2020) documented that CSR spending is due to agency problems and is associated with reduced firm valuation and social welfare. In China, where the legal environment is not yet perfect, most studies support the disguised...

... performance and explores the underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a sample of A-share companies listed on China’s exchanges from 2008 to 2022. A fixed effects model is used to assess the dual value of green funds in enhancing both environmental...

... growth, firms must use DTs in an eco-friendly manner. Digital orientation Environmental performance Natural resource-based view China H4. Green practices-DT fit positively mediates the relationship between digital orientation and environmental performance. H5...

... performance, which often incurs costs. Design/methodology/approach Panel regression analyses used data from China’s A-share listed companies from 2011 to 2019, resulting in a data set comprising 6,054 observations. Findings Despite firms’ additional financial burdens, corporate ESG investing emerges...

...Hanyang Ma; Jingjie Zou; Hailiang Zou Purpose This study aims to explore the internationalization of multinational enterprises (MNEs) from China and aims to examine the relationship between Chinese MNEs’ duration of internationalization and export intensity, and the contingent roles of the home...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Financial misconduct Corporate innovation Financial constraints Earnings management Information asymmetry China Short-termism It is widely accepted in economic research and practice...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Entrepreneurship Innovation efficiency Absorptive capacity China In this study, we expect absorptive capacity to play a positive moderating role in the absorption and use of knowledge. The prerequisite for knowledge spillover...

... been researched in the industrialized countries (Zacharakis et al., 2003 ; Mian et al., 2016). For example, most business incubators in China have been established through the efforts of government (MOST, 2016), and many of them are simple physical facilities with limited connections...

...Nana Yang; Qiming Liu; Furong Qian; Xinglong Wang Purpose Because of the rapid progress of global value chains (GVCs), it is worthwhile to study their impact on innovation. This study aims to explore the impact of GVC position of high-tech industries in the developing-country context of China...

...Shilin Yuan; Haiyang Chen; Wei Zhang Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of host country corruption on foreign direct investment (FDI) from China to developing countries in Africa. With the opposing arguments that corruption is detrimental to or instrumental in FDI and mixed empirical...

.... politically connected and foreign) affect a firm’s CSR gap in China. Design/methodology/approach The authors use the fixed-effects regression model to analyze the panel dataset, which is conducted by a sample of Chinese publicly listed firms from 2008 to 2015. Findings The findings indicate...

...Kafilah Gold; Rajah Rasiah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the institutional structures and other predictors that determine bilateral trade between Africa and China from 1995 to 2017. Design/methodology/approach In line with the gravity model of trade, institutional...

... echelons theory in the context of the family business. The findings contribute to the scholarly understanding of family business by illuminating the mechanisms through which second-generation managers may influence family firms’ internationalization. They also enrich the knowledge of family firms in China...

... risk is influenced by the institutional investors’ ownership. As far as behavioral biases in the context of China are concerned, social psychology studies indicate that cognitive characteristics, such as overconfidence, have similar importance and implications in the Chinese setting as in the western...

... context. Design/methodology/approach The sample consists of 184 Chinese public companies – 104 participating and 80 not participating in China’s green watch (GW) program. Using logistic regression, the analysis illustrates the importance of impression management and TCT as indicators of GW...

... multinationals, this research used social exchange theory to examine how the home political connections of Chinese multinationals affect their performance. China is well-known for being a guanxi-based economy (Boisot and Child, 1996 ; Xin and Pearce, 1996). As a type of guanxi or informal...

... conversion of solar energy into electricity (Grau et al., 2012). The main PV market in the world may be China. Thus, there are many boosting signals and challenges as well for both the international and domestic PV industries in the green energy markets in China (Wang et al., 2016...

...Zheng Li; Jun Li; Jin Chen; Tsvi Vinig Purpose This is a special issue of Chinese Management Studies and this study aims to engage with debates on innovation in China and to provide new insights for innovation research in the context of China, seeking to develop a greater understanding...

...Zheng Li; Xizhen Zhou; Samuel Jung; Jun Li Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the evolution of policies and practices of innovation in China for the past 40 years. Design/methodology/approach This is a review paper. It adopts a different multi-dimensional, qualitative methodology...