Based on the stakeholder theory, this paper takes the 2016 data of China’s A-share listed enterprises as a sample. It then uses SPSS 22 to conduct statistical analyses on the sample data to study the relationship between corporate social respon...
Against the backdrop of the increasingly salient constraints of resource scarcity and environmental pressures on global economic development, sustainable innovation emerges as an imperative strategic pathway for corporations to secure a competitive e...
This study investigates the relationship between corporate financialization and innovation investment in Chinese manufacturing firms under the backdrop of economic policy uncertainty (EPU). We systematically examine the dual mechanisms through which...
In a rapidly changing technology world, companies need to conform to their customers’ expectations if they wish to remain competitive in the marketplace. New products, services, processes, marketing, management, and organizational innovation can all...
This study examines the impact of corporate innovation on sustainable business investments of companies listed on the Korea exchange from 2011 to 2019. To this end, our study applies Hennessy’s investment model, which presents the relationship...
The natural environment of the human world has been deteriorating over the past few decades, and policies to protect the environment are receiving increasing attention from governments worldwide. The question of how green institutional pressures from...
The increasing focus on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) has led to a growing interest in how firms’ internal behaviors affect their contributions in promoting sustainable economic development and fulfilling social responsi...
The problem studied in this paper consists in the fact that the social and financial risks of investments in innovations are managed in isolation, which leads to limited results (reduces certain risks but raises other risks). This paper is devoted to...
Government subsidies are an important means to guide enterprises’ investment in technological innovation. While countries are increasing government subsidies to enterprises, how to effectively leverage government subsidies is a concern of the a...
This paper presents a consensus view on Responsible Innovation by a group of industry practitioners, each with high level management experience in driving innovation from within industrial companies operating in different sectors. The authors argue t...
Enhancing corporate green innovation has become a critical question in the context of sustainable development. Prior studies have predominantly examined the macro-level effects of regional integration while largely overlooking its micro-level impacts...
Enhancing corporate green innovation is a critical component of advancing sustainable transformation and addressing escalating climate-related risks. From a cognition-to-behavior perspective, this paper constructs a climate risk perception index base...
In the context of green sustainable development, improving the quality of green innovation (GI) has become an urgent issue for enterprises. Corporate social networks play a vital role in improving the quality of GI, but there is a lack of research on...
In a quest to illuminate Kazakhstan’s economic horizon within a sustainable context, this study delved into the complex interplay of sustainable tech innovation, investment in sustainable infrastructure, and natural resource management. The stu...
This study investigates the unintended consequences of China’s Green Finance Reform and Innovation Pilot Zones (GFRI) on corporate financialization (CF). Leveraging a Difference-in-Differences (DID) approach and panel data of listed firms in Ch...
This paper takes the implementation of the River Chief System (RCS) as a case study representing government-led environmental governance policies. Based on the sample of 11,654 observations of Chinese A-share-listed companies spanning the years 2009...
This study investigates the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance on the green technological innovation (GTI) of Chinese A-share-listed companies, using data from 2009 to 2022. The findings indicate that strong ESG perform...
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has brought unprecedented impact and opportunities for the sustainable development of family firms. This paper examines the impact of AI on innovation investment in family firms using a sample of Chinese A-shar...
Amid the global trend of green transformation, existing studies have explored the impact of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on economic performance and technological innovation. However, micro-level empirical analyses on how OFDI facilitates...
Improving enterprises’ green innovation ability is beneficial to realize the “win–win” of economic development and environmental protection. As the global economic situation is complex and volatile, economic policies changed f...
At the intersection of digitization and sustainability, the current article explores the application of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) in the service sector in India. The analysis draws on findings collected through questionnai...
Based on the data of China’s A-share listed companies from 2008 to 2021, this article explores the impact and mechanism of executives with environmental experience on corporate environmental performance (CEP) and finds that executives with envi...
This study focused on China’s A-share listed companies from 2017 to 2022, and concluded that tax incentives have a positive impact on the performance of green technology innovation, and that value-added tax preferences are more effective than i...
In recent years, China has actively advanced the new energy vehicle industry to achieve its “dual carbon” objectives via a green revolution. The growth of green technical innovation by new energy vehicle enterprises has emerged as a signi...
This article reports on a study examining 28 university engineering educators’ viewpoints on how to provide continuing education for professional engineers in a Danish university context. The Q methodology was adopted to collect and analyze dat...
Through SDG 17, the United Nations 2030 Agenda highlights the importance of international cooperation to promote sustainable development. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, this cooperation has gained greater relevance, exacerbating the need for debt r...
This research paper explores the textile industry in Taiwan and investigates how technological innovation can support corporate competitiveness under the pressures of global market competition, increased labor costs, and sustainability. This study te...
20 August 2020
Each individual member of an organization must recognize and lead innovation, which can be affected by human resource development (HRD) investments and organizational changes. In this study, we aimed to verify how HRD investment at the individual lev...
Social responsibility performance and innovation investment are two important aspects of corporate strategy, and there is no consensus as to whether they are competing or complementary goals in an enterprise. Using propensity score-matching, ordinary...
This study mainly investigates the nexus of environmental protection tax and corporate environmental investment using a quasi-natural experiment and the difference-in-difference method. On the basis of 422 Chinese listed enterprises from 2012 to 2020...
Preventive environmental investment can enhance corporate environmental pollution management at the source and facilitate green transformation development. As a form of government of green investment behavior, urban greening construction exhibits a &...
Drawing on a comprehensive sample of China’s A-share listed companies spanning 2007–2022, this paper provides empirical evidence on how institutional investment horizons shape corporate green innovation, with special attention to the oper...
Platform-based companies are rapidly emerging and occupy major positions in the global market. In addition, the business model that relies on digital technology makes platform-based companies sustainable. This paper empirically examines the impact of...
As awareness of sustainable development has increased, the corporate advantages of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) have attracted widespread attention from investors, and research has demonstrated that ESG has a sustained impact on long-t...
Regional technological innovation serves as a key pillar for achieving high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening, a fundamental requirement for promoting balanced regional development, and a vital aspect of implementing the innovation-driven de...
Against the backdrop of pursuing technological self-reliance and strength, examining how participation in technical standard setting influences corporate patient capital investment holds significant importance. This study constructs a complex mediati...
The proposal of the “double carbon” goal of “carbon peak, carbon neutralization” highlights the determination of China’s green and low-carbon development. Carbon capture is one of the essential ways to reduce carbon diox...
25 August 2021
This research explored the mediating effect of investment in education and training relating to the innovative culture and organizational performance of medical device companies. We used the Human Capital Corporate Panel data provided by the Korea Vo...
It is essential for achieving green and sustainable economic development by using tax incentives to promote green investment. Using the data from the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth Chinese Private Enterprise Surveys (CPESs) conducted by the Privat...
This study examines the impact of cost stickiness on research and development (R&D) investment and corporate performance in Japanese firms. Additionally, it investigates the moderating effect of managerial overconfidence and financial slack. To d...
Corporate environmental protection investment is crucial for reducing pollution levels and controlling harmful substance emissions. We examine the relationship between corporate environmental protection investment and debt financing costs, utilizing...
Corporate innovation is an important topic in the academic community, but there are few studies on the impact of the micro operation environment on corporate innovation. Using the data of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2009 to...
This article used China as an example to study how tax reform affects the innovative behavior of companies. Our research showed that value-added tax (VAT) reform can affect corporate innovation behavior. On the basis of patent-application data of Chi...
Venture capital has a significant positive impact on corporate innovation. However, innovation has great risks. Investors often lack sufficient confidence in innovation, which often leads to investors stopping their investment or to inadequate suppor...
In recent years, investing based on ESG performance has become a mainstream investment strategy in the market. In this context, this study selected A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2022 as samples and adopted a panel fixed-effect model to empiri...
Amplifying corporate environmental investments is a pivotal strategy for achieving the “carbon peak and carbon neutral” objectives of China’s green development initiative. The digital transformation has the potential to generate new...
The environmental protection tax (EPT) is a vital means for China to promote sustainable development. However, its impact on corporate green innovation is controversial. Utilizing the data from Chinese A-share industrial listed companies from 2013 to...
Digital transformation has become a new driving force for corporate development, widely embraced by managers. However, in the actual digital transformation process, some companies’ performances are characterized by “more talk, less action...
Corporate risk-taking behavior and investment is a crucial factor in order to seek higher profits and a better trading strategy. Competitive advantage and innovation, while maintaining profitability and state ownership, are considered as crucial reso...
We investigate how state-owned corporate venture capital differs from privately owned corporate venture capital in fostering innovation among startups. Based on the data of Chinese A-share listed companies and the startups in their portfolios that th...
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