An emerging body of literature has demonstrated that corporate philanthropy can be an important part of a company's business strategy. However, we know relatively little about how companies allocate philanthropic resources to achieve their strategic targets. Using geographical distribution data...

The objective of this study is to examine whether and how non-financial performances, specifically the awards achieved by the corporates, are associated with the distribution of the compensation of the managers and other employees within the corporations. Through an investigation of the...

This study investigates the impact of labor outsourcing on innovation, using manually collected data from Chinese A-share listed companies from 2012 to 2022. The results indicate that labor outsourcing significantly enhances firms' innovation level. This relationship is primarily driven by...

Based on the data of Chinese listed family firms from 2008 to 2016, we investigate the impact of family involvement on firm innovation and the moderating effect of family member composition. The results show that increased family involvement significantly reduces R&D investment intensity and the...

We test whether differences in the background characteristics of firms' chairperson and CEO can reduce management agency costs. We find that when the chairperson is older, has a higher level of education, and has more overseas experience than the CEO, the management agency costs will be lower. A...