How much knowledge should leaders have of their organization's core business? This is an important question but not one … sufficient. Expert leaders are those with (1) inherent knowledge, acquired through technical expertise combined with high ability … performance through knowledge-based strategy, by acting as a standard bearer, by creating the right environment for core workers …

How much knowledge should leaders have of their organization's core business? This is an important question but not one … sufficient. Expert leaders are those with (1) inherent knowledge, acquired through technical expertise combined with high ability … performance through knowledge-based strategy, by acting as a standard bearer, by creating the right environment for core workers …

In this paper, I examine the effects of China's civil examination system (keju) on modern-day innovation and firm … ingredients (pine and bamboo) as the instrumental variable, I find that keju significantly facilitates innovation and firm entry … important factor for innovation and firms' success. Moreover, suggestive evidence supports that keju does not reduce people …

This paper investigates the impacts of CEOs’ research experiences on corporate innovation, and shows that the firms … managed by researcher CEOs have significantly higher investments in innovative activities, generate better innovation output … experiences on corporate innovation are causal. We also show that CEOs’ research experiences can mitigate agency problems, thereby …

incidence of productivity improvement as well as high rates of innovation. These findings suggest that to be successful, firms …

experience significantly better innovation outcomes, as measured by patents and future citations. We obtain these results in … CEOs on future innovation: firms whose CEO transitions to be an inventor experience positive abnormal stock returns …

-sized enterprises (SMEs). The literature has yielded mixed results on how innovation impacts internationalization and performance of … internationalization (DOI) among the companies. We then discuss the implications on innovation management and corporate strategy. …