Purpose: With the fierce competition in a knowledge economy, knowledge-intensive enterprises (KIEs) make technological progress in their catching-up processes through implementing product innovation and process innovation. In this study, the aim is to understand the determinants of enterprise...

Contents: 1. Introduction to innovative capabilities and the globalization of Chinese firms / Maureen McKelvey and Jun Jin -- 2. Becoming leaders: How the Chinese knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystem affects the firms' search for innovation / Jun Jin and Maureen McKelvey -- 3. Evaluation of...

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore arguments for the importance of disruptive innovation to China's low‐carbon transition, while such innovation is generally overlooked and/or belittled. Design/methodology/approach – The paper builds on the multi‐level perspective (MLP) of systems...

The tip leakage flow not only is responsible for a significant amount of aerodynamic losses in a turbine stage, but also leads to high heat-loads on the tip region. The paper presents a numerical investigation of influences of tip injection on aero-thermal performance of the tip leakage flow for...

This study examines whether an acquirer's pre-announcement corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement can provide an insurance-like effect to preserve acquirer returns during the announcement of an acquisition event. Drawing on stakeholder theory and signaling theory, we posit that CSR...