... the concept of SCC and empirically tests its effect on R&D investment, further explaining the lack of corporate innovation. This study inspires companies to strengthen SC management and weigh the level of SCC with environmental factors. Xueyuan Fan can be contacted at: fanxy21@mails.jlu.edu.cn...

... shaping its research and development (R&D) intensity, innovation performance and innovation efficiency. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a set of panel data of Chinese listed firms in the Growth Enterprise Board and their top five suppliers from 2012 to 2016. A Tobit model is used...

...Jianfeng Jia; Zhi Liu; Yuyan Zheng Purpose This study aims to explore the antecedents of bootlegging from the perspective of paradoxical leadership. Based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), it examines a multiple mediation model with harmonious innovation passion, role breadth self-efficacy...

...Phong Ba Le; Hui Lei; Thanh Trung Le; Jiexi Gong; Anh ThiLan Ha Purpose This paper aims to examine the influence of collaborative culture on employee’s knowledge sharing and how it associated with radical and incremental innovation in Chinese firms. Design/methodology/approach This study used...

...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...

... In a rapidly changing and highly competitive environment, firms should recognize that the balance of innovation strategies will help to bring higher market value. Furthermore, firms could improve corporate governance to make the best of managerial characteristics, such as overconfidence, on the innovation...

...Ping Deng; Hao Lu; Jin Hong; Qiong Chen; Yang Yang Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether a complementary effect exists between government R&D subsidies (GRSs) and intellectual property rights (IPR) protection on innovation performance in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry...

...”, “competitor-led”, “new product development”, “new product” and “innovation” were used, respectively, for this electronic search strategy. The searches were screened for the following sections: title, abstract and keywords. Thus, all important articles in this field published in these journals were read...

...Guangqiang Liu; Lirang Pang; Dongmin Kong Purpose This study aims to examine the effects of human capital, such as top managers and employees, on the relationship between export and firm innovation. Although the issue of how firms remain creative and competitive in international markets...

...Chin Tachia; Liu Ren-huai Purpose This paper aims to introduce ten studies included in this themed issue that illustrate from multifaceted angles some critical management issues and context-specific challenges on strategy and innovation facing the State and enterprises during China’s socio...

.... However, because many Sino-foreign joint ventures have performed unsatisfactorily in terms of creating indigenous brands, the purpose of this paper is to explore the cause-and-effect relationships among governmental policy support, Sino-foreign joint ventures and own-brand innovation in China’s passenger...

.... Findings The series of papers here highlight the significance of research into managerial behaviors (negatively, tax aggression and abuse of power for self-enrichment), meaningfulness of work, reading of timeless Chinese novels, innovation (ZTE) and the knowledge organization, changing and transforming...

... knowledge impact innovation performance subsequent to overseas acquisitions. Design/methodology/approach – Survey responses from 222 Chinese multinational enterprises engaged in overseas acquisitions. Findings – Differences between acquiring and acquired firms’ capabilities, while having...

...Dr Mingzhi Li, Prof. Jiuchang Wei, Dr. Peter McKiernan; Mingzhi Li; Kai Reimers Purpose – This paper aims to identify the sources of innovation in the current business environment of China. With the set target of transforming China into an innovative society by 2020, the Chinese government has...

...Dr Mingzhi Li, Prof. Jiuchang Wei, Dr. Peter McKiernan; Weibao Li; Weiwei Wu; Bo Yu; Check-Teck Foo Purpose – This paper aims to argue for a China transmuting to fast overtake USA in innovation based on the extrapolation of past statistical trend. Case studies in self and co-innovation...

...Dr Mingzhi Li, Prof. Jiuchang Wei, Dr. Peter McKiernan; Zhi-hong Song Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships among organizational learning, absorptive capacity, imitation and innovation in the Chinese context. Design/methodology/approach – Based...

... and developmental model of bandit. Design/methodology/approach This study compared the open innovation approach against a closed one from the perspective of competitive strategies. This study used the content analysis and qualitative system dynamics (QSD) approach to explore the competitive strategies...

...Wei Wei Wu; Wei‐Wei Wu; Bo Yu; Chong Wu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate two issues: understanding how Chinese equipment manufacturing firms can achieve successful independent innovation; and studying the roles of technology management (TM) and technological capability (TC...

...Wei Wei Wu; Gang Xiang; Ying Wu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of the real situation of Enterprise's Sustainable Innovation (ESI) in China. Design/methodology/approach First, the paper analyzes the practice of Chinese ESI in the past 30 years, and then reviews...