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The Influencing Mechanism of Managerial Myopic Behavior on Enterprise Sustainable Development Performance: Evidence Based on Listed Companies in China

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  • Yuzhen Cui

    (School of Business, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315000, China)

  • Shunlin Zhu

    (School of Business, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315000, China)

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Corporate sustainability is a key concern in today’s world. This research examines the relationship between managerial myopic behavior and corporate sustainability performance in Chinese A-share listed companies from 2013 to 2022. Based on behavioral finance theory and time orientation theory, our research provides novel insights into how time preference in managerial decisions significantly affects corporate sustainable development. We also investigate how myopic behavior by managers can adversely affect a company’s sustainable development performance. Using a robust dataset, we describe the mechanisms by which managers’ myopic behavior affects sustainability performance, especially in two aspects: financialization of assets and green innovation capability. The results of our research show the following: (1) managers’ myopic behavior adversely affects corporate sustainability performance; (2) asset financialization and green innovation capability play mediating roles; and (3) unlike the findings of the existing research, this study found that the linear moderating effect of media attention plays a significant “inverted U-shaped” moderating role in the relationship between the two influences.

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  • Yuzhen Cui & Shunlin Zhu, 2024. "The Influencing Mechanism of Managerial Myopic Behavior on Enterprise Sustainable Development Performance: Evidence Based on Listed Companies in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-19, May.
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