The concept of Triple Helix relates to collaboration between universities, governments and industry. Such collaboration can take different forms in different countries. This paper describes collaboration between universities and government in China, specifically in the city of Hefei in Anhui...

This study considers spatial and nonlinear perspectives to examine the heterogeneous role of green technology innovation in the economic development and air quality of Chinese cities. We find that green inventive technology innovation benefits economic development and air quality improvement,...

The original intention of the government was to provide financial subsidies to firms by implementing innovation support policies. In turn, this will encourage these firms to carry out technological innovation activities. However, there are still differing views in the academic community on...

This paper explores the impact of government environmental protection subsidies on corporate green innovation using panel data of listed companies from 2007 to 2019. The results show that such subsidies can significantly promote corporate green innovation, and the results are robust. Financing...

Intangible resources are widely considered the main source of gaining competitive advantage and sustain superior performance in transition and emerging economies such as China, particularly in SMEs sector. In this paper, we argue theoretically (under resource-based view RBV) and demonstrate...

Digital finance has provided informal financial support to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and solved the dilemma of acquiring formal financial support in emerging economies such as China. However, this may lead to structural changes in entity enterprises' asset allocations. Based on...

Quid pro quo policies, mainly in foreign partial acquisitions of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China, have been controversial due to the corresponding forced technology transfer for market access. Whether and how quid pro quo affects SOE innovation has received limited attention. This study...

In the context of developing FinTech innovation, a commercial bank's use of FinTech innovation can improve its risk management capability, thereby reducing its risk-taking. This paper explores the impact and mechanism of a bank's FinTech innovation on its risk-taking using panel data of 65...

Family firms face the dual challenge of succession and innovation. Based on the attention-based view, this study empirically investigates the effect of intergenerational power gap on corporate R&D investment, using a sample of Chinese listed family firms. We find that intergenerational power gap...

The primary use of futures is hedging risk. Traders in the spot market can hedge certain risks through the futures market. With the development of the futures market, the arbitrage transactions around futures have attracted increasingly attention. The aim of this paper is to establish an...