Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the political connections of listed firms in China affect how the market reacts to cases of financial misrepresentation investigated by the regulatory authorities. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use an event study method and the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find the influence of employees’ work values on their creative performance and test the role of knowledge sharing among them. Design/methodology/approach: This work surveyed 387 employees in six companies across three cities to test the research...

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are important components of the Chinese economy. Although SOEs are generally considered inefficient in operations, China's economy, which relies heavily on SOEs, has been highly successful over the last four decades. This indicates the importance of SOEs in China's...

In this study we provide a novel analysis on the motivations and strategies of the outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by Chinese multinational firms under the state-centric economic development approach. Previous studies suggest that the OFDI motivations and strategies of firms from...

This is the second part of my dissertation. In this study, we examine whether and how incentives in bank lending, in emerging market like China, influence firms' investment behaviors, the key determinant of firms' productivity. First, being connected with bureaucrats provides firms with a...