Chinese Management Studies: Volume 13 Issue 2

A comparative study of HR involvement in strategic decision-making in China and Australia

Shuming Zhao, Cathy Sheehan, Helen De Cieri, Brian Cooper

The purpose of this paper is to address gaps in the knowledge about human resource (HR) professional involvement in strategic decision-making in China compared with that in…

How knowledge sharing connects interpersonal trust and innovation capability: The moderating effect of leadership support

Hui Lei, Thuong Thi Nguyen, Phong Ba Le

Knowledge sharing (KS) and innovation are generally believed as the antecedents of key outcomes that help firms to attain and sustain competitive advantage in long term. The…

Dynamic study of corporate governance structure and firm performance in China: Evidence from 2001-2015

Lin Shao

The paper aims to provide a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between corporate governance (CG) structure and firm performance in Chinese listed firms from 2001 to…

Value creation and value maintenance: Investigating the impact of firm capability on political networking

Jiawen Chen, Xiaotao Yao, Linlin Liu

This paper aims to examine how a firm’s capability affects its political networking in emerging economies and how the institutional environment influences the relationship between…

The combination of different open innovations: a longitudinal case study

Xiaodong Yuan, Xiaotao Li

The purpose of this paper is to explore how an organization can combine different types of open innovations and what are the key factors that may influence the combination of…

Government R&D subsidies, intellectual property rights protection and innovation

Ping Deng, Hao Lu, Jin Hong, Qiong Chen, Yang Yang

This paper aims to investigate whether a complementary effect exists between government R&D subsidies (GRSs) and intellectual property rights (IPR) protection on innovation…

Why do some SMEs explore more while others exploit further? Evidence from Chinese SMEs

Hong Hu, Qiang Wang, Jixiang Chen

Why do some small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) explore more while others exploit further? What are the driving forces of their exploratory and exploitative innovation…

Culture and regional innovation performance: an exploration in China

Hemin Song, Yingying Zhang-Zhang, Mu Tian, Sylvia Rohlfer, Nora Sharkasi

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between culture and regional innovation performance in China where innovation is deemed as a key for sustainable economic…

The effects of entrepreneurs’ moral awareness and ethical behavior on product innovation of new ventures: Evidence from China

Yiyuan Mai, Wenge Zhang, Lihua Wang

The purpose of this paper is to apply the social cognitive theory and social learning theory to examine the different mechanisms through which entrepreneurs’ moral awareness and…

The underlying mechanism of corporate governance in China

Caiyu Yan, Hongqu He, Juan Li, Shuang Cheng, Yanjun Zhang

This paper aims to propose a strategy to analyze management governance in China.

Product market competition, market munificence and firms’ unethical behavior

Jingbo Yuan, Zhimin Zhou, Nan Zhou, Ge Zhan

This paper aims to examine the effect of product market competition on firms’ unethical behavior (FUB) in the Chinese insurance industry and to further explore the boundary…

Goal orientations, absorptive capacity, and NPD team performance: evidence from China

Haishan Liang, Wei Sun, M.M. Fonseka, Feng Zhou

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between different types of team goal orientations (team learning orientation, team prove orientation and team avoid…