The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between home country institutions and cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) motives of MNEs from the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on the role of regulatory quality and dynamics. We empirically examine how M&A motives are affected...

Climate change poses great risks for China, which makes adaptation an essential response. However, adaptation planning and implementation are still at a preliminary stage with respect to the theoretical framework and methodology. This article focuses on the status, problems and basic needs as...

Increasing penetration of renewable energy generation poses a challenge to power system inertia adequacy. It is vital to provide long-term incentive signals to induce a generation mix with adequate inertia supply. However, existing literature rarely studies inertia incentive mechanisms or...

In this paper we analyze the impact of social responsibility on corporate sustainable value via the strategic role of corporate social capital in a transitional context. Using survey data of Chinese companies, we empirically examine the theoretical relationship. We find that corporate social...

Ni-based superalloys fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) have shown great potentials in various industrial sectors with demanding environment, but limited understanding in the microstructure-property relationship of the LPBF fabricated alloys hinders their practical applications. In...

The relationship between investment in R&D and productivity growth have been well documented in the literature. So far little research has been done on this topic for China, in part due to data limitations. Using the perpetual inventory method (PIM), this paper first estimates the R&D stock in...

The relationship between investment in R&D and productivity growth have been well documented in the literature. So far little research has been done on this topic for China, in part due to data limitations. Using the perpetual inventory method (PIM), this paper first estimates the R&D stock in...