Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of a firm's innovation activities on performance, and focus on the internal fit and external fit of two types of innovation activities – exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of paternalistic leadership on innovation. Design/methodology/approach – This paper conceptualizes an integrated model that combines the dual‐core model and ambidextrous model of innovation. Using a sample of 159 Chinese...