Bending Without Breaking: How Chinese Patent Examiners Navigate Value Tensions

Qinyu (Ryan) Wang
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Qinyu (Ryan) Wang
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Department of Management and Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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Yanfeng Zheng
Yanfeng Zheng
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Department of Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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Qinyu (Ryan) Wang

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Qinyu (Ryan) Wang

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0979-3847

Department of Management and Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong

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Yanfeng Zheng

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3272-0662

Department of Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

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Published Online:5 Jan 2026https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2024.18504

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Received:January 05, 2024
Accepted:December 06, 2025
Published Online:January 05, 2026

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Qinyu (Ryan) Wang, Yanfeng Zheng (2026) Bending Without Breaking: How Chinese Patent Examiners Navigate Value Tensions. Organization Science 37(3):866-888.

https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2024.18504

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