This article explores the role of the formal network centrality of top management teams (TMT) for foreign expansion, looking at the case of Chinese firms. The former is defined by the degree to which top managers are connected with TMTs of other firms informal ways, through service as...

Current dialogue on de-globalization and global decoupling is pervasive but seems to focus merely on the reasoning behind the phenomenon from the perspectives of geopolitical and international relations, such as protectionism, technological nationalism, and the varieties of capitalism. Advancing...

In this study, we explore the extent to which industry globalization affects the performance of firms in China, an emerging market. We focus on the period between 1996 and 2001 and track the globalization levels for six different Chinese industries as well as the performance of 166 public listed...