This study examines the role of institutional complexity in innovation performance of emerging market multinationals (EMMs). This relationship also depends on top management team (TMT)-related factors, i.e., TMT foreign ties and TMT heterogeneity, and the stage of EMMs’ international...

Traditionally, the Chinese government used an “iron fist” to control the economy and firms under central planning. However, the economic reforms since 1978 have substantially changed the institutional landscape. After more than two decades of dramatic economic transition, the economy is now...