...Jing Tan; Shanxing Gao; San San Peng Purpose Although prior literature had discussed the mechanisms underlying some institutional factors, such as political connections, institutional fragility and Chinese firms’ outward foreign direct investment ( OFDI ), there are another two institutional...

...Anwei Wan; Yongchun Huang; Wei Cui Purpose This study aims to expand the research perspective of environmental target constraint policy and delve into the dual impact of political connections on enterprise green innovation. Design/methodology/approach This study uses mathematical models...

... executives’ political connection and political promotion on corporate environmental information disclosure (EID). Data were collected from Chinese listed firms in heavily polluting industries in the Shanghai Stock Market in 2014–2016. Findings The results reveal that the highly politically connected top...

...Zhe Sun; Qi Ai Purpose Using the evidence of Chinese outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&As) enacted between 2006 and 2014, this study aims to investigate the role played by home political connections on the cost implications of Chinese multinationals. It also examines whether home political...

...Yidan Shi; Ming Cheng Purpose Guanxi is an influential factor of doing business in China. This research focuses on a specific guanxi type, political connection and studies the impact of political connection on corporate value. Moreover, in the technology innovation studies, few studies have...

...Michèle E. M. Akoorie; Xinming Deng; Zhilong Tian; Jianfeng Li; Muhammad Abrar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively investigate the combined influence of a firm's political connection and diversification on corporate performance, and to explore whether firm's political...