Organic solar cells have great potential as a clean and renewable solar energy conversion system, due to their low cost materials, ease of production, and lack of harmful emissions. The rapid improvement in organic solar cell performance in recent years has triggered significant interests in...

The primary objective of this study is to develop encapsulated phase change materials (EPCMs) capable of storing thermal energy at temperatures above 750 °C. EPCM with magnesium chloride as phase change material (PCM) are considered here for application in concentrated solar power (CSP)...

Purpose Studies on China suggest that institutional environment plays a significant role in business activities; however, the issue of how firms attend to institutional environment is largely under-explored. This paper responds to the oversight by examining the potential ways in which firms can...

Purpose This paper aims to propose an integrated framework combining the cost-reduction rationale and the institution-leveraging rationale to explain how institutional distance, both formal and informal, influences emerging multinational enterprises (EMNEs)’ foreign direct investment (FDI)...

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...