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How Does CEO's Environmental Awareness Affect Technological Innovation?

Qinghua Huang1, Xiding Chen2, Mi Zhou3

  • 1School of Economics and Management, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. hqh@swu.edu.cn.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
|January 20, 2019
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CEOs with higher environmental awareness drive significant technological innovation through increased R&D investment and patent acquisition. This positive impact is amplified in firms with greater oversight, boosting overall innovation vitality.

Area of Science:

  • Business & Economics
  • Environmental Studies
  • Innovation Management

Background:

  • Corporate environmental responsibility is increasingly scrutinized.
  • The link between leadership values and firm-level innovation requires further empirical investigation.
  • Understanding CEO's environmental awareness impact on technological innovation is crucial for sustainable business practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To empirically investigate the effect of Chief Executive Officers' (CEOs) environmental awareness on technological innovation.
  • To examine the mediating role of R&D investment and patent acquisition.
  • To explore the moderating effect of corporate monitoring on this relationship.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a large sample of 7615 observations from Chinese A-share listed firms (2003-2014).
Keywords:
CEOenvironmental awarenesstechnological innovation

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  • Employed empirical regression analysis to assess the impact of CEO environmental awareness on technological innovation metrics.
  • Conducted robustness checks to validate findings.

    • Main Results:

    • CEO environmental awareness significantly and positively influences technological innovation.
    • Environmentally conscious CEOs increase R&D investment and patent acquisition, enhancing innovation efficiency.
    • The positive effect is more pronounced in firms with higher levels of monitoring.

    Conclusions:

    • A CEO's environmental consciousness is a key driver of technological innovation.
    • Firms benefit from environmentally aware leadership, particularly under strong governance structures.
    • Findings offer insights for enhancing corporate innovation and informing environmental policy.