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Role of authentic leadership and personal mastery in predicting employee creative behavior: a self-determination perspective Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2021-03-19 Adnan Fateh, Norizah Mustamil, Fakhar Shahzad
Personality dispositions and their role in inducing employee creative behavior are well documented in the literature. However, much is unexplored about the collective and relative contribution of personality orientations and environmental factors in explaining creative behavior. This study used a framework based on self-determination theory (SDT) to measure the combined and relative contribution of
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Resource integration optimization of convenience service platforms adopting dynamic service modes in new retail Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2021-03-18 Yang Yang, Jianming Yao
This paper analyzes the key issues of resource integration, and proposes a method for solving the problem of achieving efficient resource integration for convenience service platforms that adopt dynamic service modes. This method considers both the service level of collaborative resources under dynamic service modes, and collaborative resources’ satisfaction of service modes in the resource integration
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The influence of the corporate social responsibility disclosures on consumer brand attitudes under the impact of COVID-19 Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Fengjun Liu, Lu Meng, Yijun Zhao, Shen Duan
This study focuses on the use of we-media by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to disclose internal corporate social responsibility (ICSR) under the impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Study 1 interprets the catalyst effect of COVID-19 on the externalization of SMEs’ ICSR. The fuzzy grading evaluation method is initially verified. Under the impact of COVID-19, SMEs fulfilling
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Crisis challenges of small firms in Macao during the COVID-19 pandemic Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Jose C. Alves, Tan Cheng Lok, Yubo Luo, Wei Hao
This research develops a framework that combines crisis stages, stakeholder engagement, and crisis challenges. The framework is applied to small firms in Macao during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic crisis. We conduct a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with the leaders of six small firms in Macao. The findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has turned
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Major government customer and management earnings forecasts Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-09-23 Agnes C. S. Cheng, Wenli Huang, Shaojun Zhang
This paper examines whether customer base composition in the US, that is, whether a firm’s major customers are government entities or publicly traded companies, affects the properties of its management earnings forecasts (MEFs). Using a sample of 1168 MEFs from 1998 to 2014, we find that firms whose major customers are government entities (i.e., government suppliers) issue more precise and more accurate
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Building stock market resilience through digital transformation: using Google trends to analyze the impact of COVID-19 pandemic Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Ding Ding, Chong Guan, Calvin M. L. Chan, Wenting Liu
As the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic rages globally, its impact has been felt in the stock markets around the world. Amidst the gloomy economic outlook, certain sectors seem to have survived better than others. This paper aims to investigate the sectors that have performed better even as market sentiment is affected by the pandemic. The daily closing stock prices of a total usable
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Do you respond sincerely? How sellers’ responses to online reviews affect customer relationship and repurchase intention Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-09-07 Xiaofei Li, Baolong Ma, Rubing Bai
For many online businesses, online reviews are crucially important to managing reputation, word-of-mouth sales, and, ultimately, their survival. Hence, more and more online business owners are posting public responses to both positive and negative reviews. But do these responses change anything? And, if so, which types of responses are the most effective for strengthening customer relationship and
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On business cycle forecasting Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-09-07 Huiwen Lai, Eric C. Y. Ng
We develop a recession forecasting framework using a less restrictive target variable and more flexible and inclusive specification than those used in the literature. The target variable captures the occurrence of a recession within a given future period rather than at a specific future point in time (widely used in the literature). The modeling specification combines an autoregressive Logit model
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Shareholder internationality and importing activities of emerging market firms Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-07-31 Pei Wang, William Gonzalo Vega Salas
In light of the increasing efforts made by emerging market firms to engage in international business through importing activities, identifying the characteristics that motivate importing business and contribute to its success is practically and theoretically meaningful. Drawing upon a knowledge-based view (KBV), we examine how the shareholder internationality affects a firm’s importing activities.
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Risk identification and prioritization in banking projects of payment service provider companies: an empirical study Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-07-06 Mohammad Khalilzadeh, Laleh Katoueizadeh, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas
Identifying risks and prioritizing is important for payment service provider (PSP) companies to get banking projects and gain more market share. However, studies regarding the identification of risks and causal relationships are insufficient in the Iranian PSP industry and the industry is unique because of its characteristics. In this study, 30 experts involved with PSP companies are employed as the
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Deep learning in finance and banking: A literature review and classification Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-06-08 Jian Huang, Junyi Chai, Stella Cho
Deep learning has been widely applied in computer vision, natural language processing, and audio-visual recognition. The overwhelming success of deep learning as a data processing technique has sparked the interest of the research community. Given the proliferation of Fintech in recent years, the use of deep learning in finance and banking services has become prevalent. However, a detailed survey of
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Research on a stock-matching trading strategy based on bi-objective optimization Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-03-25 Haican Diao, Guoshan Liu, Zhuangming Zhu
In recent years, with strict domestic financial supervision and other policy-oriented factors, some products are becoming increasingly restricted, including nonstandard products, bank-guaranteed wealth management products, and other products that can provide investors with a more stable income. Pairs trading, a type of stable strategy that has proved efficient in many financial markets worldwide, has
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Voluntary disclosures and peer-to-peer lending decisions: Evidence from the repeated game Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-03-24 Yan Li, Cungang Li, Yijun Gao
This study investigates the effect of voluntary disclosures on lending decisions in the repeated game. Using a unique dataset from a peer-to-peer lending platform, “ppdai” ( paipaidai ), we document that voluntary disclosures in the repeated game play a stronger role in promoting funding success than those in the one-shot game. We argue that voluntary disclosures improve the bidding activity in the
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Selling to strategic customers with cost uncertainty Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2020-01-07 Guodaohou Song, Xiaofang Wang
Production cost can be influenced by previous sales in an uncertain way. In reality, production cost may decrease in the number of initial buyers due to the learning effect, or increase in the number of initial buyers due to the quality-improving pressure from negative comments of unhappy users. Taking this uncertainty into account, this paper studies the optimal intertemporal pricing strategies of
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A multilevel and dynamic model of intragroup conflict and decision making: application of agent-based modeling Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Jiunyan Wu, Tomoki Sekiguchi
Although intragroup conflict has both multilevel and dynamic natures, less attention has been paid to establishing a holistic model of intragroup conflict that emerges across levels and unfolds over time. To address this research gap, we extend the multilevel view of intragroup conflict (Korsgaard et al. 2008) to develop a multilevel and dynamic model of intragroup conflict that explicitly includes
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Obstacles open the door — Negative shocks can motivate individuals to focus on opportunities Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Jin Feng, Wenxia Zhou, Shuoyu Li, Mengyi Li
By responding to the call for research on negative career shocks and future time perspective, this study regarded internal social capital as a tool of resource retention which shifts attention to negative career shocks’ positive effects. We test a moderated mediation model which illustrates the effect of negative career shocks on focus on opportunities—positive dimension of occupational future time
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Authoritarian leadership and task performance: the effects of leader-member exchange and dependence on leader Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Zhen Wang, Yuan Liu, Songbo Liu
This study examines how and when authoritarian leadership affects subordinates’ task performance. Using social exchange theory and power dependence theory, this study proposes that authoritarian leadership negatively influences task performance through leader-member exchange (LMX). This study further proposes that the effect of authoritarian leadership on LMX is stronger when a subordinate has less
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Helping consumers to overcome information overload with a diversified online review subset Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2019-09-24 Zhang Jin, Weng Zhangwen, Ni Naichen
Redundant online reviews often have a negative impact on the efficiency of consumers’ decision-making in their online shopping. A feasible solution for business analytics is to select a review subset from the original review corpus for consumers, which is called review selection. This study aims to address the diversified review selection problem, and proposes an effective review selection approach
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Platform heterogeneity, platform governance and complementors’ product performance: an empirical study of the mobile application industry Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2019-08-15 Jingtao Yi, Jinqiu He, Lihong Yang
The platform economy is becoming an important engine for industrial innovation and economic growth. However, empirical research on how platform governance affects product performance through network externalities remains limited. Leveraging the perspective of platform ecosystems, this paper intends to empirically investigate the impact of platform governance on the product performance of complementors
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Global competition and diffusion of the “A” list Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2019-06-24 Mike W. Peng
Focusing on the global diffusion of the “A” list consisting of predominantly U.S.-based journals, we argue that such diffusion represents an important form of professionalization in the management of business schools. The diffusion can also be viewed as an intellectual movement in the age of global competition characterized by a flat world. How can we explain the recent diffusion of the “A” list? More
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Consumer heterogeneity and online vs. offline retail spatial competition Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2019-06-05 Mingming Shi, Jun Zhou, Zhou Jiang
This paper develops a game-theoretic spatial model featuring consumer heterogeneity in online vs. offline retailers’ spatial competition. We find that consumers’ browse-and-switch behavior intensifies the competition because both offline and online retailers’ price and profit decline when the behavior occurs, but it is not necessarily a threat to offline retailers especially when the product relates
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Differentiation and pricing power of online retailers Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2019-02-08 Zhenjie Wang, Chunling Zhu, Shanwu Tian, Ping Li
This study aims to contribute to marketing theory by applying monopolistic competition theory to investigate how differentiation affects online retailers’ pricing power. We examine the intermediary effect of customer loyalty on the relationship between differentiation and pricing power of online retailers. We assume that customers have different preferences for the differentiated characteristics of
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Comparing the configured causal antecedents of exploration and exploitation: a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2019-01-30 Lulu Liu, Fengbin Wang, Xiukun Li
Although exploration and exploitation, as a pair of paradoxical organizational outcomes, are generated by different causal conditions, the conjunction of their respective causal antecedents has yet to be fully examined. Combining environmental uncertainty, unit interdependence, entrepreneurial bricolage and firm life cycle stage in a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), the distinct causal configurations
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Transformational leadership and employee voice: an affective perspective Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2019-01-21 Zhen Wang, Shiyong Xu, Yanling Sun, Yanjun Liu
This study aims to examine the effect of transformational leadership on employee voice behavior. Specifically, this study investigates the mediating role of positive affect in linking transformational leadership with voice and the moderating role of over-qualification in influencing the mediation of positive affect. In particular, a two-wave survey was conducted. A sample of 271 participants complete
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Corporate spinoffs and executive compensation Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2018-12-01 Justin Law, Wayne Yu
This paper investigates the impact of corporate spinoffs on executive compensation. We find no significant association between executive compensation and stock returns prior to spinoffs, but a significant positive association between the two afterwards. We also find evidence that corporate governance generally improves after the spinoff. In addition, the positive association between executive compensation
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Where there is light, there is dark: a dual process model of high-performance work systems in the eyes of employees Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2018-11-13 Xueqing Fan, Yan Liu, Xi Zou
High-performance work systems have been widely adopted in the workplace. Previous research on high-performance work systems debated whether the generated effects are mutual gains or conflicting outcomes for employers and employees. Drawing on the job demands and resources model, this conceptual study proposes that high-performance work systems can be both beneficial and harmful by eliciting distinct
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Work-family conflict and organizational citizenship behavior: the role of job satisfaction and decision authority Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2018-09-19 Kun Yu, Zhen Wang, Youhuang Huang
Drawing upon the conservation of resources theory (Hobfoll, Am Psychol 44:513–524, 1989), social exchange theory (Blau, Exchange and power in social life, 1964) and the job demand-control model (Karasek, Adm Sci Q 24:285–308, 1979), this study uncovers the theoretical mechanism that explains the relationship between work-family conflict and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). First, this study
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Foreign institutional investors and stock return comovement Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2018-09-04 Li Jiang, Jeong-Bon Kim, Lei Pang
We investigate whether foreign institutional investors facilitate firm-specific information flow in the global market. Specifically, using annual institutional ownership data from firms across 40 countries, we find that foreign institutional ownership is negatively associated with excess stock return comovement. Our results are more pronounced when foreign institutional investors originate from common-law
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The newsvendor model revisited: the impacts of high unit holding costs on the accuracy of the classic model Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2018-06-19 Shaolong Tang, Stella Cho, Jacqueline Wenjie Wang, Hong Yan
The newsvendor problem has been applied in various business settings. It is often assumed that the decision variable, i.e., order-up-to level, has no impacts on the holding costs for average inventory cycled in a given period, which is the difference between beginning and ending inventory levels on hand in that period. The average holding cost for this portion of inventory is conveniently and approximately
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Cross-listing and CSR performance: evidence from AH shares Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2018-06-07 Haina Shi, Xin Zhang, Jing Zhou
This study investigates the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and cross-listing. In a clean setting where a change in CSR performance can be attributed to the cross-listing, we find a statistically significant and economically meaningful increase in CSR performance for the cross-listed firms. Moreover, such an increase comes mostly in technical CSR, which targets
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Cultural similarities and housing market linkage: evidence from OECD countries Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2018-05-09 Weida Kuang, Qilin Wang
The subprime crisis provoked a growing study on international housing market linkage. Nevertheless, the extant literature fails to explore housing price co-movements in terms of culture and a country’s responses (e.g. housing market conditions and government participation). Employing the databases on cultural similarities, housing market conditions and government participation in 18 OECD countries
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High performance work systems and corporate performance: the influence of entrepreneurial orientation and organizational learning Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2018-02-28 Chunling Zhu, Anqi Liu, Guoling Chen
This study investigates the functioning mechanisms of how high performance work systems (HPWS) affect organizational performance. We propose that (HPWS) can positively affect organizational performance through the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation. An organization with high performance work systems can perform better if it enjoys high level of organizational learning. We design and administer
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Ranking and selecting the best performance appraisal method using the MULTIMOORA approach integrated Shannon’s entropy Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2018-01-14 Abteen Ijadi Maghsoodi, Gelayol Abouhamzeh, Mohammad Khalilzadeh, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas
The selection process of appropriate Performance Appraisal (PA) methods for organizations in today’s dynamic and agile environments along with its funding scales is a complex problem. Performance appraisal in modern organizations has become a part of the strategic approach toward integrating business policies and human resource activities. The existence of multiple criteria in the decision-making procedure
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You don’t actually want to get closer to the star: How LMX leads to workplace ostracism Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2018-01-12 Zi Wang, Guiquan Li
High-quality leader-member exchange (LMX) is commonly seen as beneficial to employees. However, this is not always the case in the eyes of other members of the same team. Based on social comparison theory, we propose that members who have high-quality LMX relationships with team leaders might face workplace ostracism through being envied by other members of the same team. Further, we hypothesize that
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Intertemporal pricing strategies for fashion tech products with consumption externalities Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2017-12-01 Tong Wang, Xiaofang Wang
With the rapid development of technology, more and more products tend to both meet customers’ functional needs and provide stylish consumption experiences at thesame time. We define them as “fashion tech” products. In practice there exist two opposite consumption externalities associated with “fashion tech” products. One, some customers are more likely to purchase the product if fewer customers can
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Economic freedom and IPO underpricing Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2017-12-01 Yibiao Chen, Steven S. Wang, Wilson H. S. Tong, Hui Zhu
This paper examines how the difference in institutional environments constitutes differential IPO underpricing across countries. Using the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom (IEF) as a proxy for the heterogeneous institutional environment, and a sample of 3728 IPOs from 22 countries and regions over the period 1993–2014, we find that countries with higher economic freedom have significantly
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Heterogeneous consumers, search and retail formats Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2017-12-01 Mingming Shi, Xiao Yan
This paper proposes a model featuring the heterogeneity of consumer preferences and analyzes the multiple equilibrium of retail formats by building a map of the relationships between consumer heterogeneity and retail formats. The key questions analyzed in this paper are how the retailer adjusts its combination of marketing elements through repositioning and how innovation in retail formats is implemented
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Creative leaders create ‘unsung heroes’: leader creativity and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2017-09-30 Xiao Deng, Zhishuang Guan
As leader creativity is found to be effective at promoting outcomes for organizations, more and more organizations select creative individuals as leaders. However, the influence of leader creativity has not received enough attention. Thus, this research seeks to focus on the potential influences of leader creativity in organizations. Based on social cognitive theory, we explore the relationship between
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Construction of an open innovation network and its mechanism design for manufacturing enterprises: a resource-based perspective Frontiers of Business Research in China Pub Date : 2017-06-05 Haijun Wang, Sardar M. N. Islam
Innovation is the engine of development for enterprises, and there is an increasing trend to adopt an open innovation strategy. However, how to manage external resources in an open, collaborative and complementary manner, and in a shared environment that will yield the greatest networking effects, it is a challenging task. Because there is no such a satisfactory model for an open innovation strategy