University of International Business and Economics

Not all charisma is created equal: socialized vs personalized charismatic leadership and subordinates' career growth

Purpose This study aims to examine how socialized and personalized charismatic leadership differentially shape subordinates' career growth opportunities (CGO), providing new insights into leadership's role in career development. Design/methodology/approach We collected three-wave...

Breaking the 50% EfficiencyCeiling: A Tandem ElectrochemicalCycle for Efficient Singlet Oxygen Electrosynthesis

Abstract Singlet oxygen (1O2) electrosynthesis from dioxygen (O2) offers a sustainable route to value-added oxygenation reactions in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Conventional electrochemical generation, however, relies on the one-electron reduction of O2 to superoxide (O2•–) fol...

Digital and Green Transformations: Leveraging Global Value Chains in Belt and Road Initiative

ABSTRACT This study investigates the link between Global Value Chain (GVC), Digital Adoption Index, and Green Transformation Index across 89 Belt and Road (B&R) countries during 2004–2019. The study employs a multi‐regional input–output framework and the System Generalized Me...

The Effect of Government Green Procurement on Green Exports: Evidence From China

ABSTRACT This paper examines whether government green procurement promotes firms' green exports in China. Using firm‐level data, we find that firms included in government green procurement lists export 39% more environmental products on average than other firms. Mechanism analyse...

The Externalities of Peers' Misconduct: Evidence From Corporate Social Responsibility

ABSTRACT How do innocent firms navigate negative reputational spillovers from industry peer misconduct? We propose that non‐culpable firms leverage corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a costly‐to‐fake signal of intrinsic quality to distance themselves from tainted peers. Usi...

How do capital tax incentives affect carbon productivity? Evidence from China’s VAT reform

China launched a pilot value-added tax reform in 2004 that allowed eligible firms to deduct input VAT on purchases of fixed assets, thereby lowering the user cost of capital. Using firm-level panel data from 2001 to 2008 and a difference-in-differences design, we find that the re...

Does Supply-Chain Digitalization Policy Reshape Supplier Selection? Evidence from China’s Supply Chain Innovation and Application Pilot Program

Although government-directed supply-chain programs increasingly seek to enhance firms’ operational capabilities, their downstream effects on supplier selection—and the firm-level conditions that shape these effects—remain underexplored. Using China’s 2018 Supply Chain Innovation...

Tax Enforcement and Corporate Green Practices: Government–Firm Reciprocity in China's Low‐carbon City Pilot Program

Despite rising expectations for firms to fulfil environmental responsibilities, there is increasing emphasis on collaborative efforts between firms and governments to tackle sustainability challenges. This study demonstrates that governments can adjust tax enforcement to motivate...