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Executive compensation incentives, innovation openness and green innovation: evidence from China's heavily polluting enterprises

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  • Jianfei Zhao
  • Thitinan Chankoson
  • Wenjin Cheng
  • Anan Pongtornkulpanich

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Purpose - A green innovation strategy is an important step for enterprises to balance economic and environmental. As the executors of strategic decisions, the attitude and capabilities of senior managers determine the effectiveness of implementing green innovation. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the relationship between executive compensation incentives and green innovation. Design/methodology/approach - Based on the data of heavily polluting enterprises listed in China's A-share market from 2015 to 2020, this study constructs an OLS model with fixed effects of time and industry, and uses the mediation three-step method to verify the correlation between executive compensation incentives, innovation openness and green innovation. Meanwhile, the grouping regression was used to test the moderating effect of environmental regulation on executive compensation incentives. Findings - The empirical results show that executive salary incentives promote green innovation and equity incentives inhibit green innovation; the openness breadth partially mediates the relationship between salary incentives, equity incentives and green innovation, while the openness depth only partially mediates the relationship between equity incentives and green innovation; and environmental regulation positively moderates executive incentives. Research limitations/implications - Due to sample selection and variable measurement, the study lacks certain generality. Therefore, future research needs to further analyze the internal factors affecting green innovation from multiple dimensions. Practical implications - This study provides a new evidence for analyzing how executive compensation measures affect green innovation, and further enhances the mediating mechanism of open innovation. Originality/value - This study has significant theoretical implications for examining the intra-firm factors that affect green innovation.

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  • Jianfei Zhao & Thitinan Chankoson & Wenjin Cheng & Anan Pongtornkulpanich, 2023. "Executive compensation incentives, innovation openness and green innovation: evidence from China's heavily polluting enterprises," European Journal of Innovation Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 28(2), pages 372-402, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ejimpp:ejim-01-2023-0064
    DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-01-2023-0064
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