Since high temperature superconducting magnetic energy storage system (HT SMES) has attracted significant attention for their fast response in milliseconds, high efficiency (cyclic efficiency over 95%) and unlimited times of charging and discharging cycles, it can be used for system stabilizing...

Innovative competence has been argued to be a critical source of sustainable competitive advantage (Roberts, 1999; Geroski et al., 1993). By continuously introducing new products, firms can create new markets, overcome market barriers, and outperform their rivals (Schumpeter, 1934). Despite the...

This study applies the knowledge-based view of the firm to examine the relationships between exploration, characteristics of knowledge stock, and innovative performance. The article argues that the effectiveness of exploration on innovation is contingent upon two dimensions of knowledge stock:...

This paper examines recent trends in the location of manufacturing activities in China using a model that combines forces relating to Heckscher–Ohlin (H-O) and New Economic Geography (NEG). It is found that there are large intercity shifts in industrial employment since 1998 in China, with the...

This study investigates the effect of corporate political connections on IPO performance in an emerging economy. More specifically, it examines how CEO political connections affect the IPO performance of 428 firms in China from 2000 to 2004. The empirical results show that CEO political...