The AI factory is an effective way of managing artificial intelligence (AI) processes, enabling broad AI deployment in a firm. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of the AI factory in an entrepreneurship context. How do AI-powered startups leverage AI to grow, and manage data risks?...

Organizational slack has been recognized as critical to firm performance, although its impact is not always positive. Slack may be used to fuel innovation or alternatively excess resources may be squandered on pet projects. However, most research on slack is rooted in studying private firms in...

Our paper is a starting point for further discussions on the value of political ties in China, their evolutionary trajectory along the process of globalization, and their influence in explaining variability in differentiated performance metrics. Our arguments shed new light on the ongoing debate...