WANG, Danqing
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WANG, Danqing
Lee Heng Fellow, Associate Professor
Department of Management
Recent Activities
How Does Community Political Ideology Affect Foreign Firms' M&A Deals' Completion?
The intensifying rivalry between major global economies highlights the need to better understand the politicized nature of international business. This study introduces a new political factor—community political ideology (i.e., the dominant political ideology along the liberalism-conservatism spectrum among a community’s members)—and examines its influences ... Read More
[ BizTalks ]
How do Chinese Companies Engage in CSR Activities at an Early Stage?
Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR has been a foreign concept for Chinese firms. It was first introduced into the Chinese Corporate Law in 2006. Yet, many companies lack of adequate knowledge of CSR and also the institutional support such as NGOs were also underdeveloped. At the early stage, how did companies engage in CSR activities? We find that small and medium sized companies ... Read More
[ BizTalks ]
LUO, Xiaowei Rose
Corporate Social Responsibility
In recent decades, corporate social responsibility, or CSR, has become an increasingly important aspect of firms’ operations. For companies in emerging and transitional markets, where market-based institutions are relatively weak, governments have played a key role in driving CSR. A case in point is China, where the government has pushed CSR as a way of ... Read More
[ BizStudies ] [ Global Trade, Supply Chains and Business Sustainability ]
ZHU, Zhitao
CHEN, Shuo
LUO, Xiaowei Rose
Political Officials and FDI Inflow
HKUST’s Danqing Wang and co-researchers claim that political term, which they define as “the tenure of an official at a certain level on the career ladder,” can influence the incentives of newly appointed government officials and their efforts to achieve the state’s foreign direct investment (FDI) goals. In a novel study that sheds light on intra-country FDI ... Read More
[ BizStudies ]
LUO, Xiaowei Rose
Retire in Peace: Officials’ Political Incentives and Corporate Diversification in China
Since the market reform of 1978, China has seen phenomenal economic growth; however, this has come at the cost of significant environmental damage and rising social inequality. As such, the 2004 campaign of “Building a Harmonious Socialist Society” has become a key party resolution and government objective. Ultimately, China places maintaining social ... Read More
[ BizStudies ] [ Global Trade, Supply Chains and Business Sustainability ]
DU, Fei
MARQUIS, Christopher
Politicians, Political Ideology, and Firms in China
Firms’ survival often depends on their political participation, such as campaign donations and lobbying efforts. This is especially true in emerging markets, where the government has tight control of the economy and society. However, the success of firms’ political strategies hinges on what politicians think about interacting with the business sector. Are ... Read More
[ BizStudies ]
LUO, Xiaowei Rose
ZHANG, Jianjun
CSR Reportings under Institutional Conflict
Corporate Social Responsibility
The authors in this study develop a theoretical framework in which the disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities is viewed as an organizational response to institutional complexity which exists between the demands of the central government and provincial governments in China. The study aims at revealing how firms with institutional ... Read More
[ BizStudies ] [ Global Trade, Supply Chains and Business Sustainability ]