Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an investigation of market orientation of retailers in China, an emerging economy. Several predictors of Chinese retailers' market orientation are examined. Design/methodology/approach – Using survey data collected from 99 retailers in China,...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine whether an exogenous shock to the supply of financial capital mitigates agency conflicts between managers and shareholders and incentivizes managers to channel available financial resources into value-increasing acquisitions. Design/methodology/approach –...