All Outputs (5)

Board Nationality Diversity and Firm Value (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, J., Dedman, E., Kim, J. R., Metwally, T., & Stark, A. W. (2024). Board Nationality Diversity and Firm Value. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12872

Using management, finance and social psychology theories, we challenge the common perception that demographic diversity on boards of directors is unequivocally beneficial for firms. Employing a sample of 3826 UK firm‐years, we analyse the dual nature... Read More about Board Nationality Diversity and Firm Value.

Doing right at home: Do hometown CEOs curb corporate misconduct? (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, J., Hong, J., Zhong, W., Wang, C., & Liu, X. (2024). Doing right at home: Do hometown CEOs curb corporate misconduct?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 205, Article 123461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123461

While prior conceptualizations acknowledge that CEOs' psychological traits influence their decision making and organizational outcomes, it remains unclear whether and how hometown identity as an important character of CEOs affects corporate misconduc... Read More about Doing right at home: Do hometown CEOs curb corporate misconduct?.

Entrepreneurial founder's social ties, institutions, and firm's productivity: Evidences from China's newly listed firms (2023)
Journal Article
Teng, D., Hao, B., Sun, X., Cai, Z., & Chen, J. (2023). Entrepreneurial founder's social ties, institutions, and firm's productivity: Evidences from China's newly listed firms. Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship, 2(3), Article 100042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stae.2023.100042

Social ties, as informal institutions, contribute to firms' performance in emerging economies. Formal market-supporting institutions in emerging economies are in general less developed, social ties cultivated by entrepreneurs thus serve as substitute... Read More about Entrepreneurial founder's social ties, institutions, and firm's productivity: Evidences from China's newly listed firms.

Environmental Performance Feedback and Timing of Reshoring: Perspectives from the Behavioural Theory of the Firm (2022)
Journal Article
Zhang, M., Shui, X., Smart, P., Wang, X., & Chen, J. (2023). Environmental Performance Feedback and Timing of Reshoring: Perspectives from the Behavioural Theory of the Firm. British Journal of Management, 34(3), 1238-1258. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12677

The behavioural theory of the firm (BTOF) claims that firms’ performance feedback is significant for strategic decision‐making. Building upon this, we shift our focus from the widely researched topic of financial performance to sustainability perform... Read More about Environmental Performance Feedback and Timing of Reshoring: Perspectives from the Behavioural Theory of the Firm.

Overcoming institutional voids as a pathway to becoming ambidextrous: The case of China's Sichuan (2019)
Journal Article
Amankwah-Amoah, J., Chen, X., Wang, X., Khan, Z., & Chen, J. (2019). Overcoming institutional voids as a pathway to becoming ambidextrous: The case of China's Sichuan. Long Range Planning, 52(4), Article 101871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2019.02.004

The paper examines how firms develop supply chain financing model to help overcome institutional voids (IVs) and become ambidextrous. This study presents a case analysis of a novel supply chain financing model instigated and implemented by China’s Si... Read More about Overcoming institutional voids as a pathway to becoming ambidextrous: The case of China's Sichuan.