A firm's structural position within corporate networks may affect the extent to which it engages in boundary stretching practices. Since social norms support low CEO compensation, offering high CEO compensation in China can be seen as a boundary stretching practice. Setting up a compensation...

Our paper is a starting point for further discussions on the value of political ties in China, their evolutionary trajectory along the process of globalization, and their influence in explaining variability in differentiated performance metrics. Our arguments shed new light on the ongoing debate...

This study explores the relationship between eight distinct brokerage roles of middle managers and their involvement in achieving different strategic goals. The authors argue that each role contributes to different aspects of middle managers' strategic goals and that some roles are more likely...