Many countries, including China, have gradually realized the importance of leading
innovation capabilities in the world market. The innovation capabilities of the information …

Despite the massive privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China, its impact on
firm innovation remains poorly understood. Prior literature fails to capture some significant …

This paper investigates whether emerging economy multinational enterprises (EMEs) that
undertake outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) become more productive, controlling for …

Absorptive capacity (ACAP) is widely recognized as an effective means of obtaining and
sustaining a competitive advantage. Although ACAP was globally introduced decades ago …

This paper investigates the effect of exporting on productivity, often referred to as “learning
by exporting”, in the context of global value chains (GVCs). Although the rise of GVCs raised …

Using matched data from China Stock Market and Accounting Research (CSMAR) and Wind
databases, this paper explores the impact of exports on the green technology innovation …

This paper investigated to what extent firm innovation improves the aggregate productivity of
the Chinese manufacturing industry in the presence of market distortions. By deriving a …

This study examines the impact of gender workforce composition on firm productivity. Using
a large sample of Chinese manufacturing firms and conditional on human capital-related …

International trade is considered an important conduit for disseminating environmentally
sound technologies (ESTs), but there is limited evidence of how trade in ESTs affects …

Purpose The purpose of the current paper is to examine the nature of profit persistence and
to estimate the dynamic relationship between research and development (R&D) intensity …