...Qianqian Chen; Baoying Zhu; Seong-Jin Choi Purpose In emerging markets, political connections are a common non-market strategy, yet their potential “innovation paradox” remains insufficiently understood. Existing research offers limited empirical evidence on the mechanisms underlying this paradox...

... amplifies the positive impact of DT on ESG performance, whereas political connections do not affect the relationship between the two. The impact of DT on ESG performance varies across different industry types, industry characteristics and corporate life cycle stages. Research limitations/implications...

...Feng Xu; Xueru Yang; Xiaogang He Purpose Political connections are widely acknowledged as an effective political strategy for achieving firm value. However, surprisingly little is known about the association between political connections and individual-level outcomes (e.g. subjective well-being...