This study examines the relationship between firm innovation and CSR. Stakeholders’ concern over transaction-specific investments exacerbates when firms engage heavily in innovation activities. To secure stakeholders’ support, firms adopt CSR effectively as an ex ante signal of...

Environmental regulation greatly increases the external transformation demands on heavily polluting enterprises. To respond to these demands, the remolding of and innovation in business models can be realized through green mergers and acquisitions (M&As), which have become a strategic choice for...

Geographic diversification of listed companies expands the distance between parent and subsidiary in space geographically; thus, it is urgent to clarify whether the geographic distance between parent and subsidiary companies inhibits or promotes corporate innovation performance. This paper...