Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the most important approaches to gaining research knowledge employed by full‐time doctoral students in a Chinese university. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on a case study of Tongji University using two sets of...

Purpose – This introduction aims to set the scene for this special issue on innovation in Chinese firms. Design/methodology/approach – There is no research design and methodology for data collection and analysis as such. Findings – This introduction sets the special issue in the context of...

Purpose – This research paper aims to apply the technology‐organization‐environment (TOE) framework to describe and discuss the critical factors concerning the diffusion of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) innovations among Chinese large enterprises, in particular, Air China and Harvest...