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Professor Karena Yan's Outputs (3)

CEO Hometown Identity and Firm Green Innovation (2020)
Journal Article
Ren, S., Wang, Y., Hu, Y., & Yan, J. (2021). CEO Hometown Identity and Firm Green Innovation. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(2), 756-774. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2652

Drawn on the upper echelons theory, this study investigates how chief executive officer (CEO) hometown identity drives firm green innovation. We propose that CEO hometown identity has a positive impact on a firm's green innovation performance. Furthe... Read More about CEO Hometown Identity and Firm Green Innovation.

Unpacking the impact of innovation ambidexterity on export performance: Microfoundations and infrastructure investment (2020)
Journal Article
Yan, J., Tsinopoulos, C., & Xiong, Y. (2021). Unpacking the impact of innovation ambidexterity on export performance: Microfoundations and infrastructure investment. International Business Review, 30(1), Article 101766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2020.101766

When designing and managing routines for their innovation activities firms often face a challenge. Either they can concentrate their efforts on one approach i.e. exploring new ideas or exploiting its existing capabilities, or they can try to do both,... Read More about Unpacking the impact of innovation ambidexterity on export performance: Microfoundations and infrastructure investment.

Optimal and naive diversification in an emerging market: Evidence from China's A‐shares market (2020)
Journal Article
Yan, C., & Yan, J. (2021). Optimal and naive diversification in an emerging market: Evidence from China's A‐shares market. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 26(3), 3740-3758. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1984

This paper empirically investigates the out‐of‐sample performance of the 1/N naive rule and the Markowitz mean–variance strategies in the largest emerging market (i.e., China's A‐shares market) and provides three new findings. First, we show that som... Read More about Optimal and naive diversification in an emerging market: Evidence from China's A‐shares market.