Chinese Management Studies: Volume 14 Issue 4

Impact of a management innovation on professional subcultures – the case of a balanced scorecard implementation in a Chinese hospital

Tian Gao, Bruce Gurd

The balanced scorecard (BSC) has been a popular management innovation in health care. Implementing an innovation like the BSC can change the professional subcultures of a…

What determines the adoption of employee empowerment practices by MNE subsidiaries in China?: An institutional perspective

Yishuai Yin

This paper aims to explore how institutional factors determine the adoption of employee empowerment practices by multinational enterprises (MNEs) subsidiaries in China.

Do government subsidies crowd out technological capabilities?: Effects on Chinese high-tech firms’ invention outcomes

Shuangying Chen, Feng Fu, Tingting Xiang, Junli Zeng

Extant research on the crowding-out effects of government subsidies on the positive role of firm innovation resources or activity remains limited. This paper aims to investigate…

Market reaction to the international acquisitions by Chinese firms: The role of potential intelligence sourcing and preannouncement

Xinzhe Lin, Yina Li, Xiaolan Wan, Jiuchang Wei

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by firms in the emerging marketing on stock market cumulative abnormal returns…

Can outside CEO successors bring innovation to firms? Evidence from China

Xin Liu, Youzhi Xue

This paper aims to examine the effect of outside chief executive officer (CEO) succession on firm innovation in Chinese companies and to explore the mechanism behind the process…

Developing a collaborative culture for radical and incremental innovation: the mediating roles of tacit and explicit knowledge sharing

Phong Ba Le, Hui Lei, Thanh Trung Le, Jiexi Gong, Anh ThiLan Ha

This paper aims to examine the influence of collaborative culture on employee’s knowledge sharing and how it associated with radical and incremental innovation in Chinese firms.

China’s green watch program: beyond greenwashing

Van V. Miller, Qi Su, Luis A. Perez-Batres, Michael J. Pisani

This paper aims to provide a more inclusive perspective on corporate greenwashing. Major ideas from impression management and transaction cost theory (TCT) helped in evaluating…

Ambidextrous leadership and employee innovation in public museums

Ching-Wen Kung, Jin Feng Uen, Shou-Chi Lin

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of ambidextrous leadership on employees’ innovative behaviors in public museums based on the ambidexterity theory of leadership…

Are all innovation modes beneficial to firms’ innovation performance? New findings from an emerging market

Shilei Hu, Xiaohong Wang, Ben Zhang

This paper aims to examine the influence of individual and combined effects of the mode focused on scientific and technological-based innovation (STI) and the mode based on…

Thwarted enthusiasm: effects of workplace incivility on newcomer proactive behaviors

Yuanyuan Lan, Yuhuan Xia, Shuang Li, Wen Wu, Jiaqi Hui, Hui Deng

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between supervisor and coworkers’ workplace incivility and newcomer proactive behaviors. Drawing on conservation of…