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Calculative trust, relational trust, and organizational performance: A meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach (2023)
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We draw on transaction cost economics and social exchange theory to explore how two different types of inter-organizational trust, namely, calculative trust and relational trust, affect organizational performance. Our meta-analysis of 60 empirical st... Read More about Calculative trust, relational trust, and organizational performance: A meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach.

TMT functional background heterogeneity and SMEs’ performance: The role of dynamic capabilities and business environment (2023)
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Drawing on the insights from the upper echelons theory (UET), we advance the understanding of how top management team (TMT) functional background heterogeneity (TMTFBH) influences the performance of technology-based small- and medium-sized enterprise... Read More about TMT functional background heterogeneity and SMEs’ performance: The role of dynamic capabilities and business environment.

Location choice of Chinese outward FDI – An ethnicity-based population ecology perspective (2022)
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Drawing on population ecology theory (PET) which conceptualizes an individual organization's survival as a result of organizational changes at the population level, we explain why multinational enterprises (MNEs) from emerging markets prefer to enter... Read More about Location choice of Chinese outward FDI – An ethnicity-based population ecology perspective.

Outward FDI and Innovation Performance of Chinese Firms: Why Can Home-Grown Political Ties Be A Liability? (2021)
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We explain how home-grown political ties of Chinese firms negatively influence the effect of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on the innovation performance of their parent firms. Our results show that these ties can turn into a liability in t... Read More about Outward FDI and Innovation Performance of Chinese Firms: Why Can Home-Grown Political Ties Be A Liability?.

Organizational Learning Under Institutional Complexity: Evidence from Township Clusters in China (2021)
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Drawing from conceptualizations of organizational learning and institutional complexity, we advance the understanding of how the coexistence of multiple institutional logics in a community influences firms’ learning. Viewing communities where firms a... Read More about Organizational Learning Under Institutional Complexity: Evidence from Township Clusters in China.

The Role of Government Affiliation in Explaining Firm Innovativeness and Profitability in Emerging Countries: Evidence from China (2019)
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Drawing from institutional polycentrism, we advance understanding of how affiliation with different government levels influences innovativeness and profitability in emerging countries. Our framework suggests that as different government levels vary i... Read More about The Role of Government Affiliation in Explaining Firm Innovativeness and Profitability in Emerging Countries: Evidence from China.

Lean six sigma applied to process performance and improvement model for the development of electric scooter water-cooling green motor assembly (2019)
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In response to the environmental issues triggered by global warming, worldwide companies gradually put the factor of carbon emission into the process of product life cycle, developing green technology or adopting cleaner production aimed at sustainab... Read More about Lean six sigma applied to process performance and improvement model for the development of electric scooter water-cooling green motor assembly.

Geographic dispersion and co-location in global R&D portfolios: consequences for firm performance (2018)
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We examine how the ways in which firms geographically configure their global portfolios of R&D units influence the effectiveness of firms’ own R&D investments and of external technical knowledge in enhancing firm performance. Our analysis indicates t... Read More about Geographic dispersion and co-location in global R&D portfolios: consequences for firm performance.

Foreign and domestic collaboration, product innovation novelty, and firm growth (2017)
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Although prior research underscores the benefits of external collaboration for a firm's innovative output, little research has examined the role that collaboration plays across the different stages of the innovation process. Drawing from organization... Read More about Foreign and domestic collaboration, product innovation novelty, and firm growth.

Outward FDI, location choices and innovation performance of emerging market enterprises (2017)
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Although prior research conceptualizes how knowledge-seeking motivates the internationalization of emerging-market enterprises (EMEs), whether outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) indeed leads to enhanced innovation performance has received limit... Read More about Outward FDI, location choices and innovation performance of emerging market enterprises.

Subnational institutions and open innovation: evidence from China (2017)
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how subnational institutions within a country explain the performance consequences of open innovation (OI) in emerging market enterprises (EMEs). Design/methodology/approach: The paper conducts a regr... Read More about Subnational institutions and open innovation: evidence from China.

The role of state ownership and institutions in the innovation performance of emerging market enterprises: evidence from China (2017)
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Although it has been suggested that institutional context influences a firm's innovation performance, the role of regulatory institutions has been underexplored. Extending previous research, this study investigates whether and how regulatory institut... Read More about The role of state ownership and institutions in the innovation performance of emerging market enterprises: evidence from China.

Explaining the surge in M&A as an entry mode: home country and cultural influences (2017)
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the trends, patterns and the impact of cultural and home country macroeconomic influences on Chinese cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBM&A) as foreign entry strategy for the period of 1998-2011.... Read More about Explaining the surge in M&A as an entry mode: home country and cultural influences.

Internationalization and innovation performance of emerging market enterprises: The role of host-country institutional development (2015)
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We examine how host-country institutional development influences innovation performance of internationalized emerging market enterprises (EMEs). Our panel-data analysis of Chinese EMEs shows that although host-country institutional development on ave... Read More about Internationalization and innovation performance of emerging market enterprises: The role of host-country institutional development.

Spillover effects of foreign direct investment: how do region-specific institutions matter? (2015)
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Academic collaborations and firm innovation performance in China: the role of region-specific institutions (2014)
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Although prior research has highlighted the importance of academic collaborations in enhancing firms’ innovation performance, it has largely focused on developed countries. As a result, how academic collaborations influence innovation in emerging cou... Read More about Academic collaborations and firm innovation performance in China: the role of region-specific institutions.

Under what institutional conditions do business groups enhance innovation performance? (2014)
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This study examines the institutional mechanisms through which business groups impact innovation in emerging markets. Rather than merely viewing groups as the result of a weak institutional environment, this study proposes that there are complementar... Read More about Under what institutional conditions do business groups enhance innovation performance?.

The Role of the State in Explaining the Internationalization of Emerging Market Enterprises: Internationalization of Emerging Market Enterprises (2014)
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Innovation and survival of exporters: A contingency perspective (2013)
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We challenge the traditional view that innovations always help exporters prosper in competitive international market, by developing and testing the premise that the relationship between innovation and export performance is contingent on some importan... Read More about Innovation and survival of exporters: A contingency perspective.