... on Chinese firm innovation. It lays the foundation for analyzing the transmission mechanism of other trade policies under the framework of trade friction theory. Kaibo Liang can be contacted at: liangkaibo2955@cueb.edu.cn While the concept of peer effects has been studied for decades in various...

...Yexin Liu; Ziqing Zhou; Weiwei Wu Purpose Although the literature has highlighted that a firm’s board is critical for firm innovation, the impact of board characteristics on firm innovation has always been examined separately, leading to inconclusive research results. Based on the complexity...

...Hong Luo; Huiying Qiao Purpose A new round of technological revolution is impacting various aspects of society. However, the importance of technology adoption in fostering firm innovation is underexplored. Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether robot adoption affects technological...