Managerial ties include business ties and political ties, but their individual effects on product
innovation remain underexplored in the literature. Integrating social network theory and …

This study investigates the asymmetric roles of business ties and political ties in innovation
processes. The study posits that business ties strengthen organizational competence and …

This study investigates the joint effects of business and political ties, cognitive capital, and
institutional support on product innovation performance in China and India. The hypotheses …

This empirical study contributes to the extant literature by investigating the relations among
market orientation, managerial ties and innovation simultaneously and interactively, from an …

This research examines the integrated effects of external network ties and entrepreneurial
orientation (EO) on innovation performance. It also investigates how environmental …

An increasing body of research has emphasized that managerial social networks are crucial
for innovation. However, empirical research has yielded inconclusive results which have …

Despite increasing attention to the role of social ties in emerging economies, few studies
have explicitly distinguished the differential roles of business versus political ties. Drawing …

Inter-organizational relationships, viewed as a form of social tie, have been examined as a
key source of firm innovation. While scholars have emphasized the importance of social ties …

Managerial ties, the personal networks of senior managers, have been found to be
facilitators of firm performance because of their network benefits. However, social network …

As emerging economies experience unprecedented market and institutional changes,
where should firms focus their attention to address new marketing challenges: network …