Chinese Management Studies: Volume 17 Issue 5

CEO transformational leadership and firm innovation: the role of strategic flexibility and top management team knowledge diversity

Kui Yin, Can Li, Oliver J. Sheldon, Jing Zhao

Drawing upon a dynamic managerial capabilities perspective, this study aims to unpack how and when chief experience officer (CEO) transformational leadership influences firm…

Gaining legitimacy or exploiting opportunities? MNCs’ response to the belt and road initiative in China

Ping Lv, Jakob Arnoldi, Anders Ryom Villadsen

This study aims to investigate whether and why multinational corporations (MNCs) seek to reduce institutional costs of foreign direct investments (FDIs) by aligning with…

How and when top management green commitment facilitates employees green behavior: a multilevel moderated mediation model

Xinfeng Ye, Shaohan Cai, Xinchun Li, Zhining Wang

The purpose of this paper is to argue that green hope (GH) and green organizational identification (GOI) play critical roles in transforming top management green commitment (TMGC…

Managerial Coase theorem: evidence from China

Shaohui Gao, Yiming He

This paper aims to take a step in this direction and use the high dimensional fixed effects and quantile regression discontinuity design to test the managerial Coase theorem…

Research on executive equity incentives and corporate innovation performance: the role of corporate social responsibility

Ya-ru Yang, Xiao-lin Han, Xin Wang, Jing-yi Yu

Based on the principal–agent and stakeholder theories, this study aims to put forward an intermediary model to verify the intermediary role of corporate social responsibility…

Timing, paths and contents of the intergenerational inheritance of family firm from the perspective of HeXie theory

Lixia Wang, Xin Zhang, Beibei Yan, Vigdis Boasson

This paper aims to examine the internal logical relationship between two intergenerational inheritance ways of passing property rights and residual control rights (RCR) and to…

The effects of executives’ overseas background on enterprise digital transformation: evidence from China

Dongmei Hu, Yang Peng, Tony Fang, Charles Weizheng Chen

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of executives’ overseas education and work experience on enterprise digital as executives’ overseas background is critical to…

Chinese multinationals post-merger integration evolutions in developed markets from autonomy to actual-form integration: a lens of ambidexterity

Yanan Yang

This paper aims to examine how Chinese multinational enterprises’ (CMNEs) autonomy-style post-merger integration (PMI) modes of managing developed-market targets evolve into…

COVID-19, business continuity management and standardization: case study of Huawei

Shumei Chen, Jia Xu

This paper aims to theoretically and empirically demonstrate the role played by business continuity management (BCM) to address risks such as trade conflicts and natural…

The curvilinear relationship between hindrance stressors and bootlegging: the moderate role of state ownership

Mengsang Chen, Xiaohui Wang, Haibo Wu, Aiqiong You

The purpose of this study is to provide insights into bootleg innovation by investigating whether perceived hindrance stressors play an important role in bootlegging and how…