Impact of CEO's IT Background on Green Technology Innovation: Evidence From China

IF 5.5 3区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Corporate Governance-An International Review Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI:10.1111/corg.12644

Xue Zhang, Wensong Zhang, Jiayuan Wang, Baolian Chen

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Abstract

Research Question/Issue

Considering the important role of CEO's background characteristics in formulating firms' innovation strategy decisions, we investigate the relationship between the CEO's information technology (IT) background and corporate green technology innovation.

Research Findings/Insights

We find that the CEO with an IT background results in an addition of 19.6% in corporate green technology innovation outputs. The result is robust to identification tests, including 2SLS, PSM, DID, and system GMM. The channel test shows that the CEO's IT background positively affects green technology innovation by promoting firms' digital transformation. And the financial-industrial integration strengthens the positive relationship between the CEO's IT background and corporate green technology innovation. Heterogeneity analysis indicates that the relationship is pronounced in state-owned enterprises, mature enterprises, and non-high-tech enterprises.

Theoretical/Academic Implications

The findings of this paper not only enrich the research literature on antecedent variables of green technology innovation but also provide theoretical support for listed companies to improve the background configuration of the executive team.

Practitioner/Policy Implications

Against the backdrop of China's booming digital economy, our results provide important insights for practitioners, suggesting that they should employ more IT professionals to improve their green technology innovation capabilities and gain a sustainable competitive advantage.

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CEO IT背景对绿色技术创新的影响：来自中国的证据

考虑到CEO背景特征在企业创新战略决策中的重要作用，我们研究了CEO信息技术背景与企业绿色技术创新之间的关系。研究结果/见解我们发现，具有IT背景的CEO在企业绿色技术创新产出中增加了19.6%。结果对包括2SLS、PSM、DID和系统GMM在内的识别测试具有鲁棒性。渠道检验表明，CEO IT背景通过促进企业数字化转型对绿色技术创新产生正向影响。金融产业融合强化了CEO IT背景与企业绿色技术创新之间的正相关关系。异质性分析表明，在国有企业、成熟企业和非高新技术企业中，这种关系较为明显。本文的研究结果不仅丰富了绿色技术创新前因变量的研究文献，也为上市公司完善高管团队背景配置提供了理论支持。在中国数字经济蓬勃发展的背景下，我们的研究结果为从业者提供了重要的见解，建议他们应该雇佣更多的IT专业人员来提高他们的绿色技术创新能力，并获得可持续的竞争优势。

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Corporate Governance-An International Review Multiple-

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7.00

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11.30%

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期刊介绍： The mission of Corporate Governance: An International Review is to publish cutting-edge international business research on the phenomena of comparative corporate governance throughout the global economy. Our ultimate goal is a rigorous and relevant global theory of corporate governance. We define corporate governance broadly as the exercise of power over corporate entities so as to increase the value provided to the organization"s various stakeholders, as well as making those stakeholders accountable for acting responsibly with regard to the protection, generation, and distribution of wealth invested in the firm. Because of this broad conceptualization, a wide variety of academic disciplines can contribute to our understanding.