Purpose This study aims to examine the effects of human capital, such as top managers and employees, on the relationship between export and firm innovation. Although the issue of how firms remain creative and competitive in international markets is important both in practice and in research,...

This paper investigates how policy certainty affects firm innovation activities.The identification hinges on the overlap of the elite dualism system in China. Naturally, a city Party leader served as the prior mayor in the same city is more likely to carry out the policy decisions made by the...

This study identifies information accessibility as a determinant of corporate innovation. Using the sudden termination of Google's search services in China, we find a persistently large negative effect on the intensity and quality of innovation among firms relying on foreign technology. The...

This study examines the impact of enhanced court enforcement within a pro-creditor legal framework on corporate innovation. We exploit the staggered establishment of bankruptcy tribunals in China as a natural experiment to reveal that enhanced court enforcement dramatically increases corporate...

This study examines whether and how climate threats (droughts) affect the innovation activities of firms in food industries around the world. We find that firms in countries with a less positive Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), i.e., more drought-like conditions, file more patents and that...