Wang, Gang; Jiang, Xu; Yuan, Chang-Hong; Yi, Ya-Qun - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management 30 (2013) 2, pp. 537-559
Although the literature documents the direct effects of managerial ties on firm performance, the empirical results are divergent and inconclusive. To explain these disparities, this study (1) develops and tests a model that establishes the role of external resource acquisition as a salient...