..., 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...

... mechanisms between ultimate ownership and firm value. Senliulu FU can be contacted at: fsll@mail.nwpu.edu.cn China has grown to the second largest economy in the world. However, a series of practical problems that need to be solved urgently hide behind the rapid economic growth, such as frequent...

... 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...

... in China to confirm that the NRBV is applicable in the world’s most populous and rapidly expanding developing economy. In addition, Chan suggested that foreign-invested firms in China should adopt environmental strategies to enhance both financial and environmental performance. Using data from 305 small...

... 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...

... a large sample of Chinese A-shares listed firms from 2006 to 2017. We use a comprehensive enforcement actions research database of financial violations from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and China Stock Market and Accounting Research (CSMAR). Our initial analysis shows a negative...

... is unclear. Although the literature has not directly explored the relationship between entrepreneurship and IE in China, some studies have investigated innovation, efficiency and productivity. He et al. (2010) used data from Chinese provinces to discover that entrepreneurship in China has...

... (Suchman, 1995). Business incubators New ventures Cognitive legitimacy Socio-political legitimacy Resource endowment Institutional endorsement China Becoming a tenant in a business incubator is one of the strategic actions that new ventures can take to address the legitimacy...

...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. Zulfiqar Ali can be contacted at: zulfiqar1989@outlook.com 28 04 2019 15 02 2020 12 04 2020 19 12 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only China...

... 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...

... of political connections creates differences in the internationalisation of Chinese multinationals. China provides a particularly useful setting to examine the effects of political connections on the performance of multinationals from emerging markets. The reasons for this are twofold. First...

... 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...