A Political Innovator?: How Political Networking Affects Firm Exploration vs. Exploitation

Yi Tang; Yu Lin; Torben Juul Andersen

A Political Innovator? How Political Networking Affects Firm Exploration vs. Exploitation

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

Political networking is frequently used in transition economies to gain superior performance. This study draws on upper echelons theory (UET) and the resource-based view (RBV) to analyze the relationship between political networking and firm innovation moderated by the core
self-evaluation (CSE) of the CEO. Based on a sample of 381 manufacturing firms extracted from the Entrepreneurs Survey System of Chinese CEOs with 2014 data from the Jiangsu province, the study finds that political networking is positively related to explorative and exploitative innovation but negatively moderated by the CSE of the CEOs.

Original language	English
Publication date	2016
Number of pages	12
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Core self-evaluation
Political networking
Transition economies
Upper echelon theory

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