The Porter hypothesis predicts that the win-win goals of environmental improvement and economic performance can be achieved though technological innovation, but it remains to be tested in elaborated ways. Explicitly identifying the role of environmental regulation and finely clarifying the scope...

Considerable attention has been focused on the ways in which emerging market firms can obtain and mobilize the knowledge and resources required for innovation. Innovation is a particular challenge in emerging markets because of inadequate external institutions. In this study, we focus on the...

Due to the inherent complex tensions in General Purpose Technology (GPT) in emerging industries, namely those between "generality" and "emergance," firms in emerging industries often face the dilemma of choosing distant search or local search in GPT innovation. The core research question of this...