... 29 08 2025 13 01 2026 11 03 2026 13 04 2026 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mixed-ownership reform Firm performance State-owned enterprise TMT characteristics Institutional theory The global...

... Licensed re-use rights only Carbon risk Organizational resilience Environmental regulation Institutional theory Coercive and normative mechanisms National Natural Science Foundation of China 72401016 National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 72401016. Firm resilience...

.... Investors should look beyond superficial CSR claims to discern strategic motives. Originality/value This study advances institutional theory by framing CSR as a strategic legitimacy response to media-driven visibility. It further contributes by identifying how internal agency (celebrity CEOs...

... how these advantages, initially beneficial, may transform into legitimacy disadvantages due to negative media portrayals. Design/methodology/approach Using institutional theory, the research explores the period from 2008 to 2020, focusing on Chinese MNEs investing in developed countries...

... the empowerment practices in MNE subsidiaries in China. To address this gap in the current literature, this study draws on institutional theory (DiMaggio and Powell, 1983 ; Meyer and Rowan, 1977) to offer a refined theorization of the determinants of the degree of employee empowerment practices in MNE foreign...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Institutional theory New institutionalism Chinese culture Chinese management Glacier model Most of the current concepts, models and theories of management study originate from Western backgrounds (Jing and Van de Ven, 2014). However, management...

... institutional theory applied and research topics of this area. Bibliometric method and systematic literature review method are used. Findings The results demonstrate that although institutional theory is well prepared for entrepreneurship context operating at different levels, the major knowledge foundation...

... and Pearce, 1994). More and more scholars argue that in order to have a better understanding about the relationship between institutional environment and firms' strategic behavior, findings of the contingency theory should be complemented with those of the new institutional theory (Meyer, 2002 ; Peng, 2003...

... Diversification strategy Informal mechanism Institutional theory Private enterprises Corporate performance Performance management Politics China A emerging research focus in the field of strategic management is the diversification strategic choice in emerging markets (Khanna and Palepu, 1997, 2000...