Purpose: This study verifies whether the personal psychological factor of power distance disposition is perceived as conformity or obedience to the parties, triggers unethical pro-organisational behaviour (UPB) and is reinforced by hierarchy and market cultures. Design/methodology/approach:...

As the world's two great powers, China and the United States have developed a relationship that strongly affects the rest of the world. In the present study, we compare the benefits and drawbacks of the relationship between China and the United States with the goal of finding ways to avoid this...

We study endogenous, credit-financed innovation under uncertainty in dynamic contexts. In our model, a firm with limited cash reserves decides how much to invest in an R&D project, potentially using external financing. Investing more increases the probability of a sooner innovation, but higher...

This edition of the Global Energy and Climate Outlook (GECO) analyses the role of electrification in global transition pathways to a low Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions economy. Electricity is found to be an increasingly important energy carrier in final energy consumption already in the absence...

We analyze the effect of external financing and associated bankruptcy threat on the speed of product innovation in a market characterized by technological and demand uncertainty. In a dynamic market setting we characterize the optimal R&D investment strategy of a monopolistic incumbent firm that...