On Executives' High-quality Ecological Environment Experience and Corporate Green Innovation

ZENG Chun-ying; LUO Ming-zhong; HE Xin

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May 2022

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ZENG Chun-ying, LUO Ming-zhong, HE Xin. On Executives' High-quality Ecological Environment Experience and Corporate Green Innovation[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2022, 37(3): 82-97.

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ZENG Chun-ying, LUO Ming-zhong, HE Xin. On Executives' High-quality Ecological Environment Experience and Corporate Green Innovation[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2022, 37(3): 82-97.

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On Executives' High-quality Ecological Environment Experience and Corporate Green Innovation

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Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640
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School of Economics and Management, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642
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School of Management, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing 210023, China

Received Date: 2021-12-29
Publish Date: 2022-05-28

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Abstract

The ecological environment is the earliest and most direct factor that has a decisive role in shaping human psychological traits. Based on upper echelons theory and imprinting theory, this paper explores the impact of executives' high-quality ecological environment experience on corporate green innovation with the unique dataset of high-quality ecological experience of the executives from Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies from 2003 to 2020. The results show that high-quality ecological environment experience of executives is positively related to the level of green innovation of enterprises, and the proportion of female board members, the degree of financing constraints and the quality of the ecological environment where the enterprise is located moderate the relationship. The findings expand the research perspective of corporate green innovation, and increase the explanatory power of upper echelons theory and imprinting theory. In practice, this research provides new evidence for the recruitment and selection of high-level talents and institutional arrangements in enterprises.
- green innovation,
- ecological environment,
- environmental quality,
- corporate executive,
- imprinting theory,
- contextual factor,
- financing constraint

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