It remains an open question whether the reduction of external technology dependence (ETD) on foreign countries can improve the total factor productivity (TFP) of China's manufacturing industry. This paper uses the data of China's manufacturing industry from 2000 to 2016, to study the impact of...

On peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms, the participation of professional sellers often creates competitive pressure on individual amateur sellers. However, the superior knowledge and expertise that professional sellers bring to the market may also indirectly benefit individual sellers through...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate a firm’s incentive to innovate its basic product to be socially responsible and its decision on the product line. By constructing a competition model, the paper examines the factors that affect the firm’s choice on its product line with the socially...