Chinese Management Studies: Volume 14 Issue 2

Guest editorial

Zheng Li, Jun Li, Jin Chen, Tsvi Vinig

China’s 40-year road to innovation

Zheng Li, Xizhen Zhou, Samuel Jung, Jun Li

The purpose of this paper is to review the evolution of policies and practices of innovation in China for the past 40 years.

The government R&D subsidies and China’s regional innovation output: Based on the Bayesian model averaging (BMA) method

Ying Wang, Hanhui Hu, Xiaolei Yang

Government R&D subsidies is a major practice to respond to market failures in most countries. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the government subsidies on…

The transformation effect of R&D subsidies on firm performance: An empirical study based on signal financing and innovation incentives

Fengrong Wang, Yafei Li, Jinping Sun

The purpose of this paper studies the transformation effect of research and development (R&D) subsidies on firm performance in emerging economies from the perspective of capital…

Fiscal decentralization, preference for government innovation and city innovation: Evidence from China

Siying Yang, Zheng Li, Jian Li

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether fiscal decentralization has impacts on city innovation level and to examine the moderating effects of the preference for government…

R&D volatility and market value: the role of executive overconfidence

Benlu Hai, Qingzhu Gao, Ximing Yin, Jin Chen

Significant increase or decrease in research and development (R&D) expenditure may have an immense impact on market value. Based on the punctuated equilibrium theory, this paper…

The long tail thesis: Conceptualizing China’s entrepreneurial practices in Fintech and electric vehicles

Shuanping Dai, Markus Taube

This paper aims to explore the functionality of long tail markets (LTM), where the consumers cannot be reached or are ignored by the traditional mainstream businesses, in new…

Guanxi, trust and reward-based crowdfunding success: a Chinese case

Liang Zhao, Tsvi Vinig

This paper aims to examine different hypotheses concerning the effects of guanxi on the reward-based crowdfunding project fundraising. Specifically, this study provides new…

Too much reciprocity?: The invisible impact of home political connections on the value creation of Chinese multinationals

Zhe Sun, Qi Ai

Using the evidence of Chinese outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&As) enacted between 2006 and 2014, this study aims to investigate the role played by home political connections…

Comparative analysis on Chinese and foreign innovation performance research—based on Bibliometrics and science mapping analysis

Xiaochen Fang, Jinwei Zhu

This paper aims to present a systematic review of the literature concerning major aspects of innovation performance and compare the research hotspots of innovation performance in…