Chinese Management Studies: Volume 13 Issue 4

Editorial

A glacier model of Chinese management: perspectives from new institutionalism

This study aims to build an indigenous Chinese management model based on Chinese culture.

Opportunity recognition efficiency of small Chinese firms: findings from data envelopment analysis

Small firms in China anticipate entrepreneurial opportunities for continual growth. However, they may fail to recognize opportunities because of their inefficiency in managing…

The interplay of external ties and internal knowledge base: Implications for radical innovation in China’s university spin-offs

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between two types of informal ties and radical innovation in the context of China’s university spin-offs and the…

Facilitating or inhibiting?: The double-edged effects of faultlines interaction on group creativity – evidence from China

The current research studies are inconclusive about the positive or negative effects of group faultlines, especially in the Chinese context. To address this issue, this study aims…

Digging deep into the enterprise innovation ecosystem: How do enterprises build and coordinate innovation ecosystem at firm level

The purpose of this paper is to explore how Chinese enterprises overcome their lack of resource and capabilities and eventually fulfill global resource accumulation, fast…

Does holistic cognition frame always promote business model design?

This paper aims to explore the effects of holistic cognition frame on novelty-centered business model design and efficiency-centered business model design. Moreover, the authors…

Local embeddedness, corporate social capital and Chinese enterprises: The case of Shaanxi FDI firms

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of corporate social capital and local embeddedness on perceived business performance of Chinese enterprises operating overseas…

Do power distance and market information foster or impede performance of Chinese new ventures?: The moderating role of market growth

The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating effects of market growth on the relationships between power distance and new venture performance and between market…

Self-reflection and employee creativity: The mediating role of individual intellectual capital and the moderating role of concern for face

This paper aims to examine the effect of self-reflection on employee creativity in China. The authors identify individual intellectual capital (IIC) as a mediator and concerns for…

Reimbursement scheme for China’s public hospitals from perspective of stakeholders

Public hospitals in China usually rely on revenues from medical services and medications to compensate for major costs given their nonprofit nature. The lack of government…

Corporate governance and evolution of trust in entrepreneurial networks: A case study of NVC Lighting Holding Ltd.

Concerning that limited explanation exists examining the function of corporate governance in trust processing within entrepreneurial network development, the purpose of this paper…

Influence strategies and work outcomes: effects of attributions

Previous research on influence strategies has almost exclusively indicated negative relationships between assertive influence and employee work outcomes; the purpose of this study…

Can ethical leadership hinder sales performance? A limited resource perspective of job embeddedness

The purpose of this study is to borrow from a limited resource view of job embeddedness to argue that ethical leadership can hurt salespeople’s growth of sales performance by a…

Contingent worker and innovation performance in electronics manufacturing service industry

This study aims to explore the influences of contingent workers on organizations’ innovation performance and develop a framework examining how innovation performance benefits from…

Suppressing risk propagation in R&D networks: the role of government intervention

This paper aims to explore what factors influence the possibility of internal and external risk propagation in R&D networks and investigate how government intervention moderates…

Exploring the impact of TMTs’ overseas experiences on innovation performance of Chinese enterprises: The mediating effects of R&D strategic decision-making

Drawing on the related insights from the upper echelon perspective, modern cognitive theory and path dependence theory, this paper aims to first integrate top management teams…

MNCs’ R&D talent management in China: aligning practices with strategies

This paper aims to propose practical recommendations in accordance with the strategic roles played by research and development (R&D) in multinational companies (MNCs).