Purpose: The literature lacks a specific mechanism that may help to explain the variation in corporate innovation. This research helps to explain a specific mechanism that affects corporate innovation. Design/methodology/approach: Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression has been used to analyse...

This study draws insights from the imprinting theory to investigate the impact of ideologically imprinted board chairs on corporate innovation. By examining a sample of Chinese listed manufacturing firms from 2003 to 2016, we find that firms with board chairs who get socialized during the...

This study investigates the effect of environmental performance that is driven by good environmental policies, regulations, and management on firm's financial distress and, consequently, ascertains the extent to which top management teams' (TMTs') characteristics can moderate the environmental...

We examine the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) quality ratings on the financial distress levels of Chinese enterprises by using the previously unexplored new China-specific Altman “Z_China Score” in the context of CSR and data from 749 firms over the 2009-2014 period. First,...

This study investigates how CEO power is associated with stock price crash risk. We further examine the moderating roles of female directors’ critical mass and ownership structure on the relationship between CEO power and stock price crash risk. Employing one of the largest datasets to-date of...

In this study, we examine the impact of environmental performance on corporate innovation based on a sample of 11,014 Chinese A-share firm-year observations during the period from 2010 to 2017. Also, we investigate the moderating impact of firm ownership on the above relation. Our results...